Cultural Management
- Deep summer ploughing
up to base of the tree trunks after harvesting to expose eggs of mealy
bugs.
- Remove weeds like Clerodendrum
inflortunatum and grasses
- Band the trees with 20 cm wide alkalthene of
polythene (400 gauge) in the middle of December (50 cm above the ground
level and just below the junction of branching).
- Banding stem with jute
thread and apply a little mud or grease on the lower edge of the band.
- Release of Australian
ladybird beetle, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri @ 10/tree