Thanks Yazdy, I shall try to procure it although I am not sure if it shall be available here in Bhopal.
rakesh On 1/24/09, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Rakesh , > On zooming, it does look like scale insects. I have seen scale insects > on pepper vines that are much smaller and are difficult to dislodge. > However, I have been able to successfully treat it with an emulsion of > neem oil and extracts of gliricidia leaves and wild camphor leaves I > am not sure about the name. In common parlance they call it malaria > chappu in Malayalam. we need to spray the plant a couple of times and > then it is very easily dislodged. In fact they die on the vines and > then there is no need to dislodge. > Regards > Yazdy Palia. > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rakesh-- > > > > Sounds like it may not be scale insects. They normally detach fairly > easily > > by scraping with the finger. > > > > I'd suspect that some sort of boring insect is infesting the stems, or > > possibly some sort of canker disease. > > > > Do you know what kind of tree it is? > > > > Regards-- > > Ken. > > > > --- On Fri, 1/23/09, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:7878] bark accumulation > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 12:02 PM > > > > Thanks Ken, > > > > The ants seem to have disappeared these days since I last clicked this > > picture. > > > > It was very difficult to scrape off and started oozing a reddish exudate. > > > > rakesh > > > > > > On 1/23/09, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Rakesh-- > >> > >> Indeed there are many species of scale insects. If that plant has > scale, > >> it is not one with which I am familiar. > >> > >> Were the ants primarily visiting these lumps. or were they perhaps > >> foraging on something else in the plant? > >> > >> Did you try scraping any of the lumps to see if they would detach? > >> > >> Regards-- > >> Ken. > >> > >> > >> > >> --- On Fri, 1/23/09, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> From: Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:7878] bark accumulation > >> To: [email protected] > >> Cc: [email protected] > >> Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 11:53 AM > >> > >> Thanks Ken. > >> > >> Interestingly a search on scale insects led me to this site from Florida > >> http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CH195 > >> although none of their pics matched mine but I guess there are a lot of > >> varieties. > >> > >> rakesh > >> http://peoplesgroup.academia.edu/RakeshBiswas > >> > >> > >> On 1/23/09, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Possibly a scale insect infestation, judging by the number of ants > >>> present. They tend to move insects like scale (and aphids, thrips, > whitefly, > >>> etc) around plants to maximize their production of honeydew, upon which > they > >>> eat. > >>> > >>> Could also be sap rising as the result of a bark-boring insect as > well, > >>> though ants seldom collect the gum exudate of most plants. > >>> > >>> Regards-- > >>> Ken Greby > >>> Palmetto Bay, Florida USA > >>> > >>> --- On Thu, 1/22/09, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> From: Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> > >>> Subject: [indiantreepix:7878] bark accumulation > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 12:23 PM > >>> > >>> I wonder if any one could help me with identifying this interesting > >>> accumulation on the bark of this tree. > >>> > >>> > >>> rakesh > >>> > >>> Bhopal > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
