Introduction

Potato, Solanum tuberosum Potatoes are stable crop in worldwide, at times ago it’s one of the major food source and it’s been. When the potato word is heard many things would be running in the minds, many foods have been created using the potato and it’s one of the loved things to eat. But they are also susceptible to diseases, damage of pests that can reduce the yield and quality. Here we can see some of the management that can reduce the pest from damaging the plants that can help the cultivars to cultivate the potato healthy

Pest in Potato

Potato Tuber moth:

Symptoms:

Larvae tunnels into foliage, tubers, stem

In tubers galleries are formed

It is field and storage pest

Management:

Healthy tubers should be selected

Pheromone traps can be installed at 15/ha

Spray Bacillus thuringiensis at 1kg/ha

Intercrop with onion and chillies

Black cut worm

Symptoms:

Epidermis of the leaves are feed by the young larvae

Damage tubers

Older larvae feed by cutting the stems of young plants

Management:

 Light trap is set at 1/ha

Pheromone trap @ 12/ha

Spray chlorpyriphos 20 EC @1 lit/ ha

White grub

Symptoms:

Feeds on root and tubers

Cause

Holotrichla sp

Management:

Summer ploughing can be done to expose pupae

Dust quinalphos 5% @ 25kg/ha

Light trap @ 1/ha can be installed

Tobacco caterpillar

Symptoms:

Young larvae feed and scrape the leaves

Complete damage of leaves is done that result in poor growth of the plant

Cause

Spodoptera litura

Management:

Ploughing exposes pupae

Pheromone trap @ 15/ha

Spray NPV @ 150/ha

 

Green leaf hopper

Symptoms:

Affected leaves tips become brown

turn upwards and get dried up

Cause

Empoasca kerri

Management:

Spray dimethoate 30EC- 2 ml/lit

Spray phosphomidon -2 ml/lit

Conclusion

Effective pest management in potato need combining many strategies and practices, by integrating practices farmers can cultivate a healthy potato and reduce the pest and diseases caused by them. Implementation of the practical strategies help in maintaining the sustainability and get higher yields for the farmers.