Crop Name: Ginger
Disease Name : Rhizome Scale
- This pest infests the crop both in the field and during storage.
- Adult insects depend on cell sap for feeding.
- Ginger plants shrink and shrivel when affected by the pest.
- Do not keep infected rhizomes in the field or storage.
- Avoid waterlogging in the field.
- Select only healthy rhizomes for sowing.
- Follow crop rotation (do not grow ginger in the same field every year).
