PEST MANAGEMENT DECISION GUIDE: GREEN AND YELLOW LIST Early Shoot Borer on Sugarcane Chilo infuscatellus Vernacular name: Illam kuruthu Puzhu. Prevention Monitoring Direct Control Direct Control Restrictions l Planting to be done l Monitor for: l Spray Granulosis Virus (750 numbers l Repeated use of same insecticide should be avoided. in early season (Dec l Presence of egg masses under the of diseased larvae) 200ml per acre. l Avoid spraying insecticides up to five to seven days – Jan) surface of the leaves. l Release Trichogramma chilonis 2cc per after parasitoid release. l Avoid moisture l Presence of dead hearts which can acre /release for three times at fifteen stress in the early days interval starting from 30 days after be easily pulled out. l Spray chlorantraniliprole 18.5% l WHO Class U stages of crop, e.g. planting. SC @ 375 ml per ha. Diamide (Unlikely to by making small l Presence of bore holes at the collar l Release 125 gravid females of pesticide. Stomach and contact present acute bundles of plant region. Bore hole at the collar region Sturmiopsis inferens/ha on 30 and 45 poison. hazard in normal (TNAU Agritech Portal) trash and put them in l Light trap catches @ one per five days after planting. use). furrows. hectare. l Spray neem seed kernel extract 5%. l Intercropping with l Monitoring through pheromone (25 kg of NSK/ha dissolved in 500 litres l Spray fipronil 5% SC @ 2 litres l WHO Class II dhaincha or pulses to traps @ 5 per acre. Erect the trap of water). per ha. Phenylpyrazole. Contact (Moderately repel the adults. at 15 days after planting. (Replace and stomach poison. hazardous). the septa once every three weeks.) l Spray quinalphos 25% EC 2 litres l WHO Class II. per ha. Organophosphate. Contact and stomach poison. Dead heart (TNAU Agri Portal) Adult Moth (TNAU Agri Portal) India CREATED/UPDATED: May 2014 AUTHOR(S): Dr. V.R.Saminathan (TNAU), Mr.G.Sudakar ( MSSRF), Dr. K.Chozhan (TNAU), Ms.D.S.Girija (MSSRF) EDITED BY: Plantwise LOSE LESS, FEED MORE Plantwise is a CABI-led global initiative www.plantwise.org ©CAB International. Published under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 licence.