Thrips (Chaetanaphothrips orchidii)

Symptoms

• Suck the sap from leaves.
• Mottled appearance on foliage and flowers.

Management

• Hang blue sticky traps to attack and catch insect.
• Spray neem garlic emulsion (20 ml neem oil + 20 gram garlic paste + 5 gram bar soap/litre of water).
• Field release predatory mite Amblyseius cucumeris (500,000/ha).