Spittle bug (C.O.: Cosmoscarta relata)

Symptoms

• Bugs suck plant juices from terminal twigs, young shoots and leaves results in yellowing and curling of leaves
• Drying of terminal shoots and weakening of the tree during blossom stage.
• Fruit set is greatly affected.
• Bugs secrete frothy mass over their body.

Management

• Remove and destroy the frothy masses
• Destroy the affected shoots.
• Spray neem garlic emulsion (20 ml neem oil + 20 gram garlic paste + 5 gram bar soap/litre of water) during flowering.