Thanks Dr Ghosh, We shall try and inject the holes with Neem oil.
regards, rakesh On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Usha Ghosh <ghoshu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Rakesh > > It seems that the tree is attacked by some borer insect. It needs to be > injected with borer specific insecticide which can be procured from any > agricultural shop. The simplest insecticide can be neem oil. Here the > termites are secondary infection to the dead wood. You need not use any > termite specific insecticide. Once you can remove the primary culprit, the > secondary infection will go automatically. You can find some holes created > by the borers, the neem oil can be injected through these holes through > normal 10-15 ml. hypodermic syringes. > > Regards > > Sudhir Ghosh > > > > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Rakesh Biswas <rakesh7bis...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I have attached two pictures of bark damage secondary to drastic pruning >> of young Anthocephalus cadamba branches. There seem to be holes in the bark >> ( ? due to termite infestation secondary to damaged bark) and we are >> concerned that the tree may not survive the damage. >> >> Please let us know the possible prognosis in this case as well as >> solutions to prevent a premature demise in this tree. >> >> regards, >> >> rakesh >> > >
