Symptoms of damage:

• Adults and crawlers are found on leaves, young shoots and fruit (between segments)
• Yellowing of leaves
• Reduction of fruit size and do not fetch premium price in the market

Identification of pest:

• Nymph: Yellowish to pale white
• Adult: Females apterous, long, slender covered with white waxy secretions

Management:

• Collect and destroy the mealy bug infested leaves, shoots and fruits
• Spray dichlorvos 0.05%, two times at new flush and shoot formation and second at fruit set.
• Release Cryptolaemous montrouzieri beetles @ 10/tree