Chemical management

  • Dusting the pits with carbaryl 10D 50g/ pit or 250 g neem cake/ pit before planting.
  • Dipping the suckers in methyl demeton 0.1% solution before planting
  • Applying contact insecticide during July - September at fortnightly intervals to prevent attack.
  • Application of phorate 10 G 10 g/ plant
  • Spraying the pseudostem and drenching around the base of the tree with chlorpyriphos 2ml /lit and after a week spraying and drenching with malathion 2 ml/ lit
  • Use of Banana corm split trap: Trap adult weevils with pseudostem chopped into small pieces and kept near infested clump @ 65/ha.
  • Soil incorporation at the time of planting: carbofuran 3 G 10g, phorate 10 G 5 g/plant.

  • Before planting, the suckers should be dipped in 0.1 per cent quinalphos emulsion.
  • Apply castor cake 250g or carbaryl 50g dust or phorate 10g per pit before planting also prevents infestation
  • In severe infestation dimethoate, methyl demeton may be sprayed around the collar region.