Chilli Thrips Alert!

If you’re growing chilies, be on the lookout for Chilli Thrips! These tiny pests can causing major damage if left unchecked.

Symptoms of Chilli Thrips Damage:
✅ Silver or bronzed streaks on leaves
✅ Curling and deformed leaves
✅ Premature flower drop
✅ Blackening & scarring on fruits
✅ Reduced growth and yield loss

How to Prevent Thrips Infestation:
✅ Avoid mixed cropping of chilli and onion to reduce thrips infestation
✅ Monitor Regularly: Inspect your plants weekly to catch them early.
✅ Keep Soil Moist: Thrips thrive in dry conditions, so keep the soil moist.
✅ Space Out Plants: Ensure good air circulation by avoiding overcrowding.
✅ Rotate Crops: Prevent the build-up of pests by not planting chillies in the same field every year.
✅ Limit Nitrogen Fertilizer: Too much nitrogen can attract thrips.

Management:
✅ Erection of blue sticky traps @ 25-30 per acre for mass trapping in thrips infested fields.
✅ Spraying of botanical based pesticides like Neem Seed Kernel Extract (NSKE) 5% or Neem oil 3% @ 2 ml/L, Pongamia oil @ 3 ml/L, Vitex negundo extract @ 50-80 ml/L, etc. or microbial -2- ? based insecticides like Beauveria bassiana @ 4.00 g or ml/L (spore load - 1x108 cfu/g or ml), Pseudomonas fluorescence –@ 20g/L or Bacillus albus –@ 20 g/L uniformly covering whole plant.
✅ Conserve predators such as predatory mite (Amblyseius swirskii) and insidious flower bugs (Orius insidiosus) etc.
✅ Farmers may take up crops like maize/ sorghum/any millets or pulses (suitable to the locality) after uprooting the severely infested chilli crop.

Chemical Control Options:
✅ Spinosad 45% SC
✅ IMIDACLOPRID 17.8% SL
✅ Fipronil 40% + Imidacloprid 40% WG
✅ Diafenthiuron 40.1% + Acetamiprid 3.9% WP
✅ Fipronil 80% WG

Fertilizer Application:
Thrips can stunt growth and affect flowering. Mix Zagrisol 13 40 13 and ZagroFertiCombi with your pesticides to boost growth and flowering potential!

Stay proactive and keep your crops thriving!

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