The 6 entries in Laisha's encyclopedia that attack Groundnut, grouped by type. Each page covers identification, life cycle, the conditions that favour it, action thresholds and integrated management.

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Insect pests

• Tobacco cutworm (Asian armyworm)Spodoptera lituraInsect · A moth whose caterpillars hatch in clusters, skeletonise leaves together and then spread out to devour…
• Western flower thripsFrankliniella occidentalisInsect · A thrips barely visible to the eye that lives in flowers and young leaves of vegetables, fruit and…
• White grubs (root-feeding chafer larvae)Holotrichia consanguineaInsect · White grubs are the fat, C-shaped, cream-coloured larvae of chafer beetles that live in the soil and eat…

Bacterial diseases

• Bacterial wilt (Ralstonia wilt, brown rot of potato)Ralstonia solanacearum species complexBacterial disease · A soil- and water-borne bacterium that blocks the water-conducting tissue of tomato, potato, eggplant,…

Weeds

• Palmer amaranthAmaranthus palmeriWeed · Palmer amaranth is a fast-growing pigweed that has become one of the most damaging and herbicide-resistant…
• Parthenium weed (congress grass)Parthenium hysterophorusWeed · An aggressive annual weed from the Americas with finely divided carrot-like leaves and many small white…