Symptoms

Caterpillars bores into top tender shoot, the portion of the shoot above the damage withers, droops and dries up.

When the squares and bolls begin to develop, these caterpillars move from the shoots and start damaging bolls by making conspicuous holes into them.

The squares and small bolls injured by the larvae drop away from the plants.

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The infested bolls, which are not shed and destroyed by the larvae eating the seeds and filling them with excrement. Such affected bolls may open prematurely and badly.

Preventive Measures

Use traps such as Bajra, Maize, Jawar and Hibiscus.