Hand weeding Soil applied and foliage applied herbicides. Parasitic weed Striga will parasitize millet plants and Post emergence use 2, 4-D In Striga affected fields, do not grow pearl millet continuously prevent root development and nutrient products and follow crop rotation with legumes Striga (Striga spp.) uptake. Severe attack produces leaf wilting and chlorosis. Infected plants may Mostly in Bunia and Kasai be stunted and die before seed set. Millet head miner Fly period of the adult moth coincides Deltamethrin Plough deeply to expose residual larval populations and pupae (Heliocheilus with the peak of millet panicle to natural enemies and desiccation. Imidacloprid albipunctella) emergence and flowering. Caterpillars Conserve natural enemies. eat and finish the larval development Augmentation (rearing and releases) of an effective parasitic Dimethoate Millet earhead inside panicles. During this period, the wasp (Habrobracon hebetor) caterpillar also Lambda-cyhalothrin seed head also grows and develops, A two-week delay in planting of short cycle millet varieties (75 known as Millet passing from emergence through spike worm days to maturity) to desynchronize the peak flight period of the flowering to grain-filling and maturity. (Rhaguva albipunctella) susceptible phenological stage of the crop has been reported to be effective against this pest. Head-bugs Damage on panicle starts as soon as it Where available use Use resistant cultivars emerges from the boot leaf, the nymphs Eurystylus oldi and other Neem extract and adults suck spp. the sap from the developing grain and occasionally on tender parts of the panicle
Hand weeding Soil applied and foliage applied herbicides. Parasitic weed Striga (Striga spp.) Mostly in Bunia and Kasai Striga will parasitize millet plants and prevent root development and nutrient uptake. Severe attack produces leaf wilting and chlorosis. Infected plants may be stunted and die before seed set. In Striga affected fields, do not grow pearl millet continuously and follow crop rotation with legumes Post emergence use 2, 4-D products Millet head miner (Heliocheilus albipunctella) Millet earhead caterpillar also known as Millet spike worm (Rhaguva albipunctella) Fly period of the adult moth coincides with the peak of millet panicle emergence and flowering. Caterpillars eat and finish the larval development inside panicles. During this period, the seed head also grows and develops, passing from emergence through flowering to grain-filling and maturity. Plough deeply to expose residual larval populations and pupae to natural enemies and desiccation. Conserve natural enemies. Augmentation (rearing and releases) of an effective parasitic wasp (Habrobracon hebetor) A two-week delay in planting of short cycle millet varieties (75 days to maturity) to desynchronize the peak flight period of the susceptible phenological stage of the crop has been reported to be effective against this pest. Deltamethrin Imidacloprid Dimethoate Lambda-cyhalothrin Head-bugs Eurystylus oldi and other spp. Damage on panicle starts as soon as it emerges from the boot leaf, the nymphs and adults suck the sap from the developing grain and occasionally on tender parts of the panicle Use resistant cultivars Where available use Neem extract
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