SAVE INDIA FROM EXOTIC PESTS RISK IN IMPORTS SAVE INDIA FROM EXOTIC PESTS
Few Exotic pests Coconut pests - Lethal yellowing, Cadang cadang viroid, Red ring nematode Coffee Berry disease Rubber SALB – South American Leaf Blight Cotton - American boll weevil Cocoa Swollen shoot virus and pod rot Phytophthora megakarya Stem & bulb nematode on many bulbs Soybean downy mildew, cyst nematode
Few Exotic pests Maize stalk rot Apple fire blight Dwarf bunt of Wheat Fiji disease of Sugarcane Fruit flies on various fruits Many weeds of agricultural importance Many pests affecting forestry plants, wood and timber – to cite a few
Lethal Yellowing occurring in Mexico, Caribbean Islands
Cadang cadang viroid
Coconut red ring nematode
Cotton boll weevil
Mediterranean Fruitfly
Fire Blight of Apple
Downy mildew of Soybean
Dwarf bunt of Wheat
Cocoa swollen shoot virus
Striga hermontheca on Maize