Pests Of Jatropha

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<br>Jatropha Curcas is gaining importance commercially as the demand of fossil fuels increases significantly and also Jatropha is an environmentally friendly energy plantation. Plantation of this plant is thought about to be an outstanding fuel replacement and it is also very cost-effective compared to other fuels. Recently, Jatropha is dealing with some difficulty with pests and illness. The pests are classified into two varieties: Pest that affect young plants and Pest that impact matured plants.<br>
<br>Young plant bugs: Cutworm, Scarabeid Beetle, Army worm, Grasshopper.<br>
<br>Agrotis ipsilon: It is frequently understood as Cut worm. This bug impacts the seedlings and young Jatropha plants. If the plant is impacted by the cutworm, the stem gets cut nearer to the soil surface area and this will diminished the plant totally.<br>
<br>Control: This insect can be controlled by picking the larva found around the plants or by mixing the bran, sawdust with insecticides.<br>
<br>Scarabaeid Beetle: This insect damages the root of the young plant. Initially, the larva consumes the organic matters present in the soil and after that comes to the root. The larva attack may eliminate the entire plant.<br>
<br>Control: The plant with great resistance power can conquer the bug. For heavy attack, insecticides with parts carbosulfan and carbofuran can be used to kill the pest.<br>
<br>Army worm: Spodoptera litura existence can be determined by biting in the leaves. The severe infection might totally kill the plants.<br>
<br>Control: Insecticides are utilized to manage the insects.<br>
<br>Grasshopper: This prevails pest discovered in a number of plants. Valanga nigricornis and Locusta migratoria extensively assaults the plant. The bug frequently attacks the young plant.<br>
<br>Control: The insecticides utilized betacyfluthrin, cypermethrin, thiodicarb, MIPC, and fipronil.<br>
<br>Pest observed in fully grown plants:<br>
<br>Pest of Stem: Ostrinia furnacalis, Xyleborus spp.<br>
<br>Ostrinia furnacalis and Xyleborus: This insect damages the Jatropha stem and it is commonly seen in Indonesia. The stem assaulted by this bug generally fall down. The existence can be determined by the larva penetration hole at the stem.<br>
<br>Control: The Insecticide usually utilized to manage this pest is carbofuran.<br>
<br>Pest of leaf: The common pests are leaf caterpillar, Neetle caterpillar, Leaf hopper, Mite, Ear corn caterpillar.<br>
<br>Leaf Caterpillar: This pest can consume all the leaves of the plant simply put duration. The quality and yield of the seeds get lowered due to the heavy attack.<br>
<br>Control: This can be controlled by selecting the old larvae around the surface and tossing away the attacked leaves.<br>
<br>Needle Caterpillar: This caterpillar is covered with spinal columns and produces a burning feeling when enabled to call with skin as it produces certain chemical compound. Initially the pest crowded in the leaf and after that spread all over the plant when it ages.<br>
<br>Control: Manually, the pest can be eliminated only by soaking it in water or kerosene. The heavy attack can be managed by spraying organophosphate insecticides.<br>
<br>Leaf Hopper: This pest is discovered mainly in tropical and subtropical areas. The insect targets the leaf and sucks all the nutrients of the leaf and gets curls at the suggestion. Later, the entire leaf dry and die.<br>
<br>Control: The heavy attack can be controlled by utilizing insecticides like imidachloprid, beta cyfluthrin or carbosulfan.<br>
<br>Mite: Mite likewise assaults the leaf and makes the whole plant weak. The pest presence can be identified when the leaf become yellowish, shrinks, reddens and drop. The bug can also be spread through fallen leaves.<br>
<br>Control: Some preventive steps can be simulated appropriate sanitation and burning the fallen leaves. Heavy attack can be treated by spraying insecticides.<br>
<br>Some terrible bug which attacks flower and fruit are, Stink bug (Nezara viridula)<br>
<br>Chrysocoris javanus, Tip borer caterpillar.<br>
<br>Stink Bug: Sting bug is a severe bug which attacks the plant throughout blossom period so the crop yield completely falls down. This pest is seen around the tropical region.<br>
<br>The poisonous enzyme in the plant shrinks the entire plant.<br>
<br>Control: Insecticides recommended for this bug is chlorfluazuron, diflubenzuron, alfamethrin, and lamda cyhalothrin.<br>
<br>Tip borer caterpillar: The pests commonly occurs attacks the plant in blooming season and this insect is seen extensively in tropical areas. The female bug laid the eggs on the tender part of the plant and the young larvae feed the young fruits and plant suggestions.<br>
<br>Control: Manually, the attacked seeds are suggested to burn. The insecticides like monocrotophos and bensultap are sprayed at the flowering season.<br>

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