Ber Pests

Pests of National Significance

Insect and mite pests

• Fruit fly: Carpomyia vesuviana Costa (Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Fruit borer: Meridarchis scyrodes Meyr (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae)
• Green slug caterpillar: Thosea sp. (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)
• Mite: Larvacarus transitans Ewing (Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae)
• Grey hairy caterpillar: Thiacidas postica Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Diseases

• Fruit rot: Alternaria spp, Phoma spp., Colletotrichum spp., Trichothecium spp, Cladosporium spp.
• Powdery mildew: Oidium erysiphoides f. sp. ziziphi Link
• Sooty mould: Capnodium spp.
• Leaf spot: Isariopsis clavispora Berk. & M.A. Curtis, Cercospora spp, Cladosporium spp Link

Weeds

Broad leaf

• Tick weed: Cleome viscosa L. (Capparidaceae)
• Coat buttons: Tridax procumbens L.( Asteraceae)
• Congress grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. Asteraceae
• Horse Purslane: Trainthema portulacastrum L. (Aizoaceae)
• Lambs quarter: Chenopodium album L (Chenopodiaceae)
• Yellow sweet clover: Melilotus indica (L.) All. (Fabaceae)
• Spurge: Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae)
• Sorrel: Reumex dentatus L. (Acanthaceae)
• False amaranthus: Digera arvensis Forsk (Amaranthaceae)
• Common cocklebur: Xanthium strumarium L (Euphorbiaceae)
• Puncture Vine: Tribulus terrestris L (Zygophyllaceae)
• Creeping thistle: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae)

Grassy weeds

• Crabgrass: Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. Poaceae
• Yellow foxtail: Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv. (Poaceae)
• Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae
• Torpedo grass: Panicum repens L. (Poaceae)
• Crows foot grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd (Poaceae)

Sedge

• Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. Cyperaceae
• Yellow nut sedge: Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperaceae

Birds

• Rose ringed parakeet: Psittacula krameri Scopoli (Psittaciformes: Psittaculidae)

Pest of Regional Significance

Insect pests

• Stone Weevil: Aubeus himalayanus Voss (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Bark eating caterpillar: Indarbela quadrinotata walker (Lepidoptera: Metarbedelidae)
• Blue butterfly: Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
• Mite, Eriophyes cernus Mssee (Acari: Eriophyidae)
• Leaf miner: Cameraria spp (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
• Grey weevil: Myllocerus undecimpustulatus Marshall Faust, M. dentifer (Fabricius), M. blandus Faust, Amblyrrhinus poricolli Schoenherr(Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Leaf eating caterpillar: Euproctis spp (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
• Lac insect: Kerria sp

Diseases

• Die back: Phytophthora spp.
• Black fruit spot: Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl.

IPM for Ber

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Source: NIPHM; Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage