Pests
Rose chaffer beetle
Hand pick cetonid beetles and destroy during day.
Spray quinalphos 25EC 2ml/lit.
White grub :
Set up light to attract Holotrichia and Anomala spp.
Spray phosalone 35 EC @ 2 ml/lit.
Red scale
- Rub off the scales with cotton soaked in kerosene
- Cut and burn the affected branches.
- Apply any one of the following at the time of pruning and again during March – April
Malathion 50 EC @ 2 ml/lit
Carbofuran 3G @ 5 g/plant
Fish oil rosin soap @ 25 g/lit
Phosalone 35 EC 2 ml/lit
Dimethoate 30 EC @ 2.5 ml/lit
Mealy bug
Spray dimethoate 30 EC @ 2.5 ml/lit or fish oil rosin soap @ 25 g/lit
Thrips, aphids and leaf hoppers
Spray any one of the following
Neem oil 3 %
Methyl demeton 25 EC @ 2 ml/lit
Dimethoate 30 EC @ 2.5 ml/lit
Two spotted mite
Spray any one of the following insecticides
Bifenazate 50WP 2.5 ml/ 10 lit.
Bifenazate 22.6 SC 2.5 ml/ 10 lit.
Flufenoxuron 10DC 1.0 ml/lit
Milbemectin 1EC 5.0 ml/10 lit.