Pests of National Significance
Insect pest and mites
- Mealybug: Paracoccus marginatus Williams & Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
- Grasshopper: Poecilocerus pictus Fab (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae)
Diseases
- Stem or Foot or Collar rot: Pythium spp. Phytophthora spp., Rhizoctonia spp.
- Papaya ring spot disease: Papaya Ring Spot Virus
- Papaya mosaic disease: Papaya mosaic virus (Potex virus)
- Anthracnose: Gloeosporium papayae P Henn / Colletotrichum gloesporioides (Penz.) Penz. &. Sacc
Postharvest diseases
- Anthracnose: Gloeosporium papayae P Henn
- Rhizopus rot: Rhizopus stolonifer (Ehrenb.: Fr.) Vuill.
- Fruit rot: Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl.
- Phomopsis rot: Phomopsis caricae-papayae Petr. & Cif.
- Stem end rot: Botryodiplodia theobromae Leavitt and Munnecke (Lasiodiplodia theobromae)
Nematodes
- Reniform nematode: Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford and Oliveira (Tylenchida: Hoplolaimidae)
Weeds
Grasses
- Large crabgrass: Digitaria sanguinalis L.(Scop.) (Poaceae)
- Yellow foxtail: Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv. (Poaceae)
- Goosegrass: Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertner. (Poaceae)
- Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (Poaceae)
Broad leaf
- Carrot grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae)
- Coat buttons: Tridax procumbens L. (Fabaceae)
- Yellow spider flower: Cleome viscosa L. (Capparidaceae)
- Asthma herb/Spurge: Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae)
- Cock's comb: Celosia argentea L. (Amaranthaceae)
- Pigweed: Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. (Amaranthaceae)
- Goat weed: Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)
Sedge
- Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)
- Flat sedge: Cyperus iria L. (Cyperaceae)
- Umbrella sedge: Cyperus difformis L. (Cyperaceae)
Birds
- Jungle crow: Corrus macrocercus culminates wagker (Passeriformes: Dicruridae)
- Myna: Acridotheres tristis L. (Passeriformes: Sturnidae) 5.3. Roseinged parakeet: Psittacula krameri (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae)
Pest of Regional Significance
Insect pests
- Cotton whitefly: Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
- Scale insect: Aspidiotus destructor Signoret (Homoptera: Diaspididae)
- Aphid: Aphis gossypii Glover, Myzus persicae Sulzer (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
- Fruit fly: Bactrocera diversus Coquillett, B. cucurbitae Coquillett (Diptera: Tephritidae)
- Grey weevil: Myllocerus viridans (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
- Stem borer: Dasyses rugosellus
Diseases
- Damping off of seedling: Pythium spp. Phytophthora spp., Rhizoctonia spp.
- Powdery mildew: Oidium caricae F. Noack
- Papaya leaf curl disease: Papaya leaf curl virus
Nematode
- Root-Gall Nematode: Meloidogyne incognita
IPM for Papaya
To know the IPM practices for Papaya, click here.
Source: NIPHM and Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage
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