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Pests Of Jatropha

Jatropha Curcas is getting value commercially as the need of fossil fuels increases greatly and likewise jatropha curcas is an eco-friendly energy plantation. Plantation of this plant is thought about to be an exceptional fuel replacement and it is also extremely cost-effective compared to other fuels. Recently, jatropha curcas is dealing with some difficulty with pests and diseases. The bugs are categorized into 2 ranges: Pest that impact young plants and Pest that impact grown plants.

Young plant bugs: Cutworm, Scarabeid Beetle, Army worm, Grasshopper.

Agrotis ipsilon: It is commonly referred to as Cut worm. This bug affects the seedlings and young jatropha curcas plants. If the plant is affected by the cutworm, the stem gets cut nearer to the soil surface area and this will diminished the plant totally.

Control: This insect can be managed by selecting the larva found around the plants or by mixing the bran, sawdust with insecticides.

Scarabaeid Beetle: This bug ruins the root of the young plant. Initially, the larva consumes the raw materials present in the soil and after that pertains to the root. The larva attack may kill the entire plant.

Control: The plant with great resistance power can overcome the bug. For heavy attack, insecticides with elements carbosulfan and carbofuran can be used to kill the bug.

Army worm: Spodoptera litura presence can be determined by biting in the leaves. The serious infection could completely kill the plants.

Control: Insecticides are used to manage the bugs.

Grasshopper: This prevails bug found in a number of plants. Valanga nigricornis and Locusta migratoria commonly attacks the plant. The bug often attacks the young plant.

Control: The insecticides utilized betacyfluthrin, cypermethrin, thiodicarb, MIPC, and fipronil.

Pest observed in mature plants:

Pest of Stem: Ostrinia furnacalis, Xyleborus spp.

Ostrinia furnacalis and Xyleborus: This insect harms the Jatropha stem and it is extensively seen in Indonesia. The stem attacked by this bug typically drop. The can be recognized by the larva penetration hole at the stem.

Control: The Insecticide normally used to manage this insect is carbofuran.

Pest of leaf: The typical bugs observed are leaf caterpillar, Neetle caterpillar, Leaf hopper, Mite, Ear corn caterpillar.

Leaf Caterpillar: This pest can eat all the leaves of the plant in other words period. The quality and yield of the seeds get decreased due to the heavy attack.

Control: This can be managed by selecting the old larvae around the surface area and getting rid of the assaulted leaves.

Needle Caterpillar: This caterpillar is covered with spines and produces a burning feeling when enabled to exposure to skin as it produces specific chemical compound. Initially the bug crowded in the leaf and then spread all over the plant when it grows older.

Control: Manually, the bug can be killed only by soaking it in water or kerosene. The heavy attack can be managed by spraying organophosphate insecticides.

Leaf Hopper: This pest is found primarily in tropical and subtropical areas. The pest targets the leaf and draws all the nutrients of the leaf and gets curls at the idea. Later, the entire leaf dry and die.

Control: The heavy attack can be managed by utilizing insecticides like imidachloprid, beta cyfluthrin or carbosulfan.

Mite: Mite also attacks the leaf and makes the entire plant weak. The insect existence can be determined when the leaf become yellowish, diminishes, reddens and fall down. The bug can also be spread out through fallen leaves.

Control: Some preventive measures can be simulated proper sanitation and burning the fallen leaves. Heavy attack can be dealt with by spraying insecticides.

Some awful insect which assaults flower and fruit are, Stink bug (Nezara viridula)

Chrysocoris javanus, Tip borer caterpillar.

Stink Bug: Sting bug is a severe insect which assaults the plant during blossom period so the crop yield entirely drops. This pest is seen around the tropical region.

The harmful enzyme in the plant shrinks the entire plant.

Control: Insecticides recommended for this pest is chlorfluazuron, diflubenzuron, alfamethrin, and lamda cyhalothrin.

Tip borer caterpillar: The pests frequently takes place attacks the plant in flowering season and this bug is seen widely in tropical areas. The female pest laid the eggs on the tender part of the plant and the young larvae feed the young fruits and plant pointers.

Control: Manually, the assaulted seeds are suggested to burn. The insecticides like monocrotophos and bensultap are sprayed at the blooming season.