Horsegram Pests

Pests of National Significance in Sunflower

Insect Pests

• Sharpshooter leafhoppers: Bothrogonia albidicans (Walker) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
• Little bean bug: Chauliops choprai Sweet and Schaeffer (Hemiptera: Malcidae)
• Pod borer: Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Weevils: Alcidodes fabricii (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Apion sp. (Coleoptera: Apionidae)
• Aphids: Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Pulse beetles: Bruchus spp., Callosobruchus spp. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Diseases

• Root rot: Pelicularis filamentosa
• Cercospora leaf spot: Cercospora dolichos Ell. & Evir
• Bacterial leaf spot: Xanthomonas phaseoli var. sojansis
• Anthracnose: Colletrotrichum lindemuthiannum (Sacc. Angn.) Bri. and Cov.
• Powdery mildew: Erysiphe polygoni DC.
• Yellow mosaic virus

Weeds

Major Broadleaf weeds

• Pigweed: Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. Amaranthaceae
• Tick weed: Cleome viscosa L Capparidaceae
• Horse purslane: Trianthema portulacastrum L. Aizoaceae
• False amaranth: Digera arvensis Forssk. Amaranthaceae

Grassy weeds

• Rabbit/Crow foot grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Beauv. (Poaceae)
• Crab grass: Digiteria sanguinalis (L.) Willd. (Poaceae)

Sedges

• Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cypraceae)

Nematode

Root-knot nematode: Meloidogyne incognita

IPM for Horsegram

To know the IPM practices for Horsegram, click here.

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