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    The gall midge, Procystiphora mangiferae, attacks mango flowers and small fruits. Maggots bore into buds, feeding on internal contents and causing buds to fail to open and drop. The life stages of the pest include eggs that hatch in 2-3 days into maggots, which feed for 7-10 days before dropping to the soil to pupate for 5-7 days into yellowish brown pupae. Adults that emerge are light orange flies. Management involves removing and destroying affected plant parts and spraying recommended insecticides.

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    The gall midge, Procystiphora mangiferae, attacks mango flowers and small fruits. Maggots bore into buds, feeding on internal contents and causing buds to fail to open and drop. The life stages of the pest include eggs that hatch in 2-3 days into maggots, which feed for 7-10 days before dropping to the soil to pupate for 5-7 days into yellowish brown pupae. Adults that emerge are light orange flies. Management involves removing and destroying affected plant parts and spraying recommended insecticides.

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    Cecidomyiidae:Diptera: Gall Midge, Procystiphora Mangiferae

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    Maithili
    The gall midge, Procystiphora mangiferae, attacks mango flowers and small fruits. Maggots bore into buds, feeding on internal contents and causing buds to fail to open and drop. The life stages of the pest include eggs that hatch in 2-3 days into maggots, which feed for 7-10 days before dropping to the soil to pupate for 5-7 days into yellowish brown pupae. Adults that emerge are light orange flies. Management involves removing and destroying affected plant parts and spraying recommended insecticides.

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    Gall midge, Procystiphora mangiferae

    Cecidomyiidae:Diptera
    Symptom
    Maggots attack the inflorescence stalk, Webbed inflorescence

    SYMPTOMS
    flowers and small developing fruits .
    Maggot bore the bud and feed the
    internal content.
    Maggot feeding
    Buds fail to open and drop down. internal content

    Biology
    The pest lives in association from
    mango crop and affects the
    inflorescence
    Larva
    Egg period : 2-3 days

    LIFE STAGES
    Larval (maggot) period : 7-10 days
    Pupal period : 5-7 days
    Maggots Adult
    Maggots are minute and drop on soil
    for pupation
    Pupa
    Pupa
    Pupa is yellowish brown and 1-2 mm
    long
    Adult
    adult is a light orange fly
    BIOLOGY

    Management
    Remove and destroy affected flowers
    and tender shoots
    Spray Dimethoate30 EC @ 0.06% and
    Methyl demeton 25 EC @ 0.05%

    Name: MAITHILI . P .M ID No. 2017001052

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