Arecanut Pests

Pests of National Significance

Insect and mite pests

• Spindle bug: Carvalhoia/ arecae Miller & China (Hemiptera: Miridae)
• Inflorescence caterpillar: Tirathaba mundella Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Pentatomid bug: Halyomorpha marmorea (Fab.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Root grub: Leucopholis burmeisteri Brenske), Leucopholis lepidophora Blanch (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae)
• White mite/sorghum mite: Oligonychus indicus Hirst (Acarina: Tetranychidae)
• Red mite/palm mite: Raoiella indica Hirst (Acarina: Tenuipalpidae)

Diseases

• Koleroga or mahali or fruit rot: Phytophthora meadii McRae
• Inflorescence die back: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz.
• Anabe roga or basal stem rot or foot rot: Ganoderma lucidum (Leys) Karst
• Bud rot or crown rot: Phytophthora meadii McRae
• Yellow leaf disease: Phytoplasma disease transmitted by the plant hopper, Proutista moesta (Hemiptera: Derbidae)

• Burrowing nematode: Radopholus similis (Cobb) Thorne

• Lesser bandicoot: Bandicota bengalensis (Gray) (throughout India)
• Palm rat/house rat: Rattus rattus (Linnaeus) (throughout India)

Weeds

• Barnyard grass: Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. (Poaceae)
• Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (Poaceae)
• Congo grass: Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch. (Poaceae)
• Goose grass: Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertner. (Poaceae)

• Pigweed: Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. (Amaranthaceae)
• Common purselane: Portulaca oleracea L. (Portualacaceae)
• False amaranth: Digera arvensis Forssk. (Amaranthaceae)
• Carrot grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae)
• Goat weed: Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)
• Coat buttons: Tridax procumbens L. (Fabaceae)
• Crofton weed: Eupatorium odoratum L. syn Chromolaena odorata L. R.M. king & H. Rob (Asteraceae)
• Mile a minute: Mickania micrantha H.B.K. (Asteraceae)
• Sensative plants: Mimosa pudica L. (Fabaceae)
• Horse purslane: Trianthema portulacastrum L. (Aizoaceae)

• Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)
• Flat sedge: Cyperus iria L. (Cyperaceae)

Pests of Regional Significance

• Scale insects: res scale: Aonidiella orientalis Newstead; mussel scale: Ischnaspis longinostris (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
• Stem weevil: Diocalandra stigmaticollis Gyll. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

• Arecanut beetle: Caccotrypes carpophagus Horn (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
• Coffee bean weevil: Araecerus fasciculatus D. (Coleoptera: Anthribidae)
• Cigarette beetle: Lasioderma serricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)
• Rice moth: Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) (Lepidoptera: Galleriidae)

• Collar rot of seedlings: Fusarium spp., Rhizoctonia spp.
• Stem bleeding: Thielaviopsis paradoxa Von. Hon.

• Aspergillus niger van Tieghem, A. flavus Link., A. chivalieri
• Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat
• Rhizopus sp.

• Ragweed: Ambrosia psilostachya DC. (Asteraceae)
• Field bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis L. (Convolvulaceae) Sedges
• Yellow nutsedge: Cyperus esculentus L. (Cyperaceae)
• Flat sedge: Cyperus difformis L. (Cyperaceae)

IPM for Arecanut

To know the IPM practices for Arecanut, click here.

Source: NIPHM, Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage