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RISK IN IMPORTS. SAVE INDIA FROM EXOTIC PESTS. Few Exotic pests. Coconut pests - Lethal yellowing, Cadang cadang viroid, Red ring nematode Coffee Berry disease Rubber SALB – South American Leaf Blight Cotton - American boll weevil
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RISK IN IMPORTS SAVE INDIA FROM EXOTIC PESTS
Few Exotic pests • Coconut pests - Lethal yellowing, Cadang cadang viroid, Red ring nematode • Coffee Berry disease • Rubber SALB – South American Leaf Blight • Cotton - American boll weevil • Cocoa Swollen shoot virus and pod rot Phytophthora megakarya • Stem & bulb nematode on many bulbs • Soybean downy mildew, cyst nematode
Few Exotic pests • Maize stalk rot • Apple fire blight • Dwarf bunt of Wheat • Fiji disease of Sugarcane • Fruit flies on various fruits • Many weeds of agricultural importance • Many pests affecting forestry plants, wood and timber – to cite a few