• Grub - C-shaped, dirty white with dark brown head.
• Adults - reddish brown beetles

Management

• Affected plants – soil drench around the root zone with lindane 20 EC @ 750 ml in 200 of water.
• In white grub-infested areas – at the time of planting apply phorate 5 G 10 g or carbofuran 3G 10 g into the soil in the pit.
• Soil application of phorate 10 G @ 20 g per plant.
• Field sanitation
• Collect and kill the grubs
• Install light traps and kill the trapped adults (March – June)