I agree with Dr. Usha Desai. It is mealy bug and very difficult to get rid of it. here in Delhi it has infested hundreds of trees and shrubs. It grows on hibiscus plant also. This year I saw that disappeared from hibiscus plants in my area,
On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Usha Desai <[email protected]> wrote: > My Dear Abhaji,Siloo,Gita > > This is not fungal infection it is mealy bug infection[quite often you get > on Jasvant[shoe flower..Hibiscus] > Infact fungal infection sometimes control mealy Bug[?] > > mealy bug is the pest on rain trees and its foe is Lady Bird Beetle > > go thr' the link to know what they are doing > > if any of you get involved,let me know what is happening > > I am sending this mail to all because Rain trees are everywhere in Mumbai > and probably 100 years old..so it affects us all... > I have not send the details of life cycles as I do not want to bore you > all.. > > Remember chemical pestcides will kill beneficiary insects which help in > biocontorll SO NO NO TO CHEMICAL PESTICDES > > Biopesticides for mealy bugs are Lady Bird Beetles and their > larvae,Lacewings,Noctuid Mths and their caterpillar,Blue Butterfly > caterpillar,Chalcid wasps.fungus. > I f you want more info contact Dr Shubhalaxmi of BNHS AND GOOGLE...LOTS OF > INFO ON NET > Love Usha > > > > http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/cover-story/Beetles-Live/articleshow/33300957.cms > [image: Inline images 1] Mealy Bug > > [image: Inline images 2] Lady Bird > Beetle > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
