Here is a list of insects that damage crops: 1. The Rust 2. Millipedes and Centipedes 3. Tephritis Solstitialis. 1. The Rust: The disease, which so materially affects the carrot crops and deteriorates their value, is occasioned in the first instance by the larvae of a small fly. These maggots eat passages in the tap-root, and the carrots gradually die [...]
Here is a list of insects that damage fruits and fruit trees: 1. Sanjose Scale Aspidiotus Perniciosus 2. Woolly Aphid - Eriosoma Lenigerum (Haussmann) 3. Fruit-Sucking Moths (O. Materna) 4. Citrus Leaf-Miner (Phyllocnistis Citrella) 5. Lemon Butterfly (Papilio Demoleus) 6. Anar Butterfly (Viracholaisocrates Fabr.) 7. Singhara Beetle (Galerucella Birmanica Jac.) 8. Banana Weevil (Cosmopolites Sordidus) and Few Others. 1. Sanjose [...]
The following points highlight the top two ways for managing harmful insects. The ways are: 1. Chemical Management 2. Biological Management. Way # 1. Chemical Management: Chemicals used to kill insects are known as insecticides. Injurious insects are killed by certain chemicals, viz. hydrocyanic acid, sulphur dioxide, arsenic, etc. But there are other chemicals which are more specially detrimental to [...]