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Bio-ecology, Damage Potential and Management of Conogethes punctiferalis Guenee in Plantation Crops

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The Black spotted, Yellow Borer, Conogethes punctiferalis Guenée and Allied Species

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The shoot and fruit borer Conogethes punctiferalis is emerging as a major pest of cocoa in South Karnataka, South India: an average 2–2.5% infestation on cocoa pods was recorded in 2013, and an average 30–40% pod infestation, in 2016. The crambid moth completes its life cycle on cocoa over a mean of 24 days. Increased space between plants, fruit thinning, balanced nutrition, clean cultivation, timely harvests, encouragement of natural enemies and destruction of borer-affected pods helped to reduce the pod infestation. Concerted efforts to use pheromone technology and biopesticides are in progress to suppress borers .

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Alagar, M. (2018). Bio-ecology, Damage Potential and Management of Conogethes punctiferalis Guenee in Plantation Crops. In: Chakravarthy, A. (eds) The Black spotted, Yellow Borer, Conogethes punctiferalis Guenée and Allied Species. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0390-6_15

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