Learn about how to control pests of sugarcane! 1. Sugarcane Leaf Hopper: Pyrilla Perpusilla Walk. (Homoptera- Fulgoridae): This is a serious pest of sugarcane and it prefers the board leaved succulent variety as the food plant. Both the adults and nymphs are voracious feeders which ingest the sap from the underside of leaves. This results in the shrivelling and drying [...]
Learn about the pests that damage sugarcane and its control. 1. Sugarcane Pyrilla, Pyrilla Perpusilla (Walker) (Hemiptera: Lophopidae): Pyrilla or the sugarcane leafhopper is distributed throughout India and appears periodically as a destructive pest of sugarcane in Pakistan, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. Apart from sugarcane, it feeds on wheat, barley (Hordeum vulgare Linn.), oats (Avena sativa Linn.), maize, sorghum, baru [...]
Learn about the pests that damage sugarcane and its control. 1. Sugarcane Top Borer, Scirpophaga Excerptalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): This insect is one of the most destructive pests of sugarcane in India and Pakistan. It is also distributed in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, China, Formosa, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand. Apart from sugarcane, it is also found on sarkanda (Saccharum munja), [...]