Pest and Diseases of Important Crops
Pest of Rice
Quest.The scientific name of Yellow Stem Borer
Ans.Scirphophaga incertulas
Quest.The scientific name of Rice Gall Midge
Ans.Orseolia oryzae
Quest.The scientific name of Green Leaf hopper (GLH)
Ans.Nephotetrix nigropictus
Quest.The scientific name of White-backed Plant-hopper (WBPH)
Ans.Sogatella furcifera
Quest.The scientific name of Brown Plant hopper (BPH)
Ans.Nilaparvata lugens (Pest and Diseases One Liner)
Quest.Which pest causes severe damage to rice panicle at night?
Ans.Rice Army worm (Mythimna saparata)
Quest.Chaffy grains with black spot is the infestation of
Ans.Gundhi Bug (Leptocorisa acuta)
Quest.Clipping off the top of rice seedlings containing immature stages of insects reduces the carry over of infestation of
Ans.Rice hispa
Wheat
Quest.The scientific name of Pink Stem Borer
Ans.Sesamia inferens
Quest.Pink stem borer attacks to plants in
Ans.Night (Pest and Diseases One Liner)
Quest.The scientific name of Wheat Termites
Ans.Odentotermis obesus
Quest.The scientific name of Cut Worm
Ans.Agrotis ipsilon
Quest.Which pest attacks all the parts of the plant?
Ans.Termite
Sorghum
Quest.The scientific name of Sorghum Shoofly
Ans.Atherigona varia soccata
Chickpea
Quest.The scientific name of Cut worm
Ans.Agrotis ipsilon (Pest and Diseases One Liner)
Quest.The scientific name of Pod borer
Ans.Helicoverpa armigera
Pigeonpea
Quest.The scientific name of Pod borer
Ans.Etiella zincknella
Quest.The scientific name of Plume moth
Ans.Exelastis atomosa
Quest.The scientific name of Pod fly
Ans.Melanagromyza obtuse
Quest.The scientific name of Pod bug
Ans.Clavigralla gibbosa (Pest and Diseases One Liner)
Soybean
Quest.The scientific name of Soybean Girdle beetle
Ans.Oberea brevis
Quest.The scientific name of stemfly
Ans.Melanagromyza sojae
Quest.Which pest is known as stem borer of soybean
Ans.Girdle beetle
Groundnut
Quest.The scientific name of Groundnut aphid
Ans.Aphis craccivora
Quest.The scientific name of White Grub of groundnut
Ans.Holotrachia conseguina
Quest.The scientific name of Groundnut Leaf minor
Ans.Stomoperyx nertaria (Pest and Diseases One Liner)
Mustard
Quest.The scientific name of Mustard aphid
Ans.Lipaphis erysimi
Quest.The scientific name of Mustard sawfly
Ans.Athaliya proxima
Quest.The scientific name of Mustard Painted Bug
Ans.Bargrada cruciferarum
Sunflower and Linseed
Quest.The scientific name of Capitulai/Head borer
Ans.Helicoverpa armigera
Cotton
Quest.Rosetting of flowers and double seed formation is the symptoms of
Ans.Pink Bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) (Pest and Diseases One Liner)
Quest.The pest causing flaring of squares in cotton
Ans.Spotted Bollworm (Earias vitella)
Quest.The scientific name of American Bollworm
Ans.Helicoverpa armigera
Quest.The main symptom of American bollworm is
Ans.Larger circular bore holes with faecal pellets.
Quest.The vector of leaf curl virus
Ans.White Fly (Bemisia tabaci)
Quest.The scientific name of Red Cotton Bug
Ans.Dysdercus koenigii (Pest and Diseases One Liner)
Quest.Which cotton pest causes hopper burn?
Ans.Cotton Jassid (Amrasca bigutulla)
Quest.Curling of leaf upwards and yellowing of terminal cotton shoots is a characteristics symptom of presence of
Ans.Cotton Aphid
Quest.Highest consumption of pesticides found in
Ans.Cotton (54%)
Sugarcane
Quest.The scientific name of Sugarcane Pyrilla/Leaf hopper
Ans.Pyrilla purpusilla
Quest.Which pest causes Bunchi top appearance in sugarcane
Ans.Top Borer (Tryporza novella) (Pest and Diseases One Liner)
Quest.The scientific name of Sugarcane shoot borer
Ans.Chilo sacchariphagus
Quest.The scientific name of Sugarcane root borer
Ans.Emmalocera depressella
Quest.The scientific name of Whitefly of sugarcane
Ans.Aleurolobus barodensis
Potato and Tobacco
Quest.The scientific name of Potato aphid
Ans.Aphis gossypii
Quest.The scientific name of Potato tuber moth
Ans.Phthorimaea operculella
Quest.The scientific name of Tobacco cutworm
Ans.Spodoptera litura
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