Pests Information - Potato

Termite
Favorable weather Fogy and Cloudiness and abnormal high temperature
Control measure Common name and dose Trade name
Apply  Fipronil @ 17 kg/ha Regent 3 GR/ Guly 3 GR
Infestation stage

Spouting to vegetative stage
Potato cut warm
Favorable weather Persistent dry weather with lesser or no rainfall, reduced humidity & temperature 16 - 23 OC favor the development of cutworm.
Control measure Common name and dose Trade name

Apply any one of the followings insecticides:

  1. Coragen 20 SC 300 ml/ha
  2. Tracer 48 SC 200 ml/ha
  3. Indoxacarb 30 WG 130 g/ha
 Furadan 5G/ Razfuran 5G/ Carbotaf 5G/ Curater 5G/ Chlorpyrifos 20EC /Dursban 20 EC/Classic 20 EC/Cyren 20 EC/ Lithal 20 EC
Infestation stage

Growing potato plants
Potato wireworm
Favorable weather Soil temperature 10-27°C
Control measure Use Pheromone trap and  earthingup before 60 days of potato  harvesting
Infestation stage Tuber set/ initiation to Harvesting stage