Pest Management of Turmeric

Pest Management of Turmeric

Major diseases and control measures:

Turmeric leaf spot (Colletotrichum capsici)

Control measures:

• Use disease free seed (rhizome).

• Treat the rhizome by steeping in a mixture of Dithane M-45 @ 2.5 g/l water and

Bavistin @ 1 g/l water for about 60 minutes before storage as well as before

emergence.

• Leaf spot can be controlled by spraying Bavistin@ 1-2 g/l water or Mencozeb @ 2

g/l water at 10-15 days interval for 2-3 times. The first spray must be at 30 days

after emergence.

Turmeric leaf blotch (Taphrina maculens)

Control measures:

• Use of disease tolerant/resistant variety.

• Use disease free seed (rhizome).

• Rhizomes should be treated by steeping in a mixture of Dithane M-45 @ 2.5g/l

water and Bavistin @1g/l for 60 minutes before storage as well as before

emergence.

• Leaf blotch can be controlled by spraying Bavistin@1-2g/lor Mencozeb @ 2g/l water

at10-15 days interval for 2-3 times. The first spray must be at 30 days after emergence.

• In severe infection spraying of Score or Foliqur @ 1ml/l of water at 7-10 days

interval for 2-3 times.

Major insects and control measures:

Rhizome fly (Mimegralla coeruleifrons) Macq.

Shoot borer (Conogethes punctiferalis)

Control measures:

• Affected shoots should be destroyed.

• Spraying Melathion 2 ml/l of water at 30 day intervals or Carbosulfan 2 ml/l of

water or Imidacloprid 0.5 ml/lofwater or Lambda-cyhalothrin 1 ml/l of water

during July to October at 21 days interval.

• The spraying has to be initiated when the first symptom of pest attack is seen on

the inner most leaves on the pseudo stem.

Leaf roller (Udaspes folus)

Control measures:

• Hand picking of caterpillers helps in reduction of insect population.

• Spraying with carbaryl 2 g/l water or dimethoate 2 ml /l water is effective for

insect control.

Thrips (Panchaetothrips indicus)

Control measures:

• Spray water with detergent powder should be done.

• Spraying Dimethoate1 ml/l or Lambda-cyhalothrin1 ml/l water or Metasystox are

effective for the control of this pest.