Thrips (C.O: Holopothrips ananasi)

Symptoms

• Thrips suck the plant sap by damaging the leaves.
• Silvery-flecked leaf surface turns brown in severe cases.
• Pest attacked leaves cannot sufficiently Photosynthesise

Management

• Mulch the plant base.
• Intercropping with repellent plants like garlic or citronella.
• During early stages of infestation spray neem oil (20 gram/litre of soap water) or Neem seed kernal extract (50 gram/litre of water)