The 5 entries in Laisha's encyclopedia that attack Guava, 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

• Oriental fruit flyBactrocera dorsalisInsect · A fruit fly whose females lay eggs under the skin of ripening mango, guava, papaya, citrus and hundreds of…
• Papaya mealybugParacoccus marginatusInsect · A small yellow mealybug covered in white wax that forms dense colonies on papaya, cassava, hibiscus, mulberry…
• Pink hibiscus mealybugMaconellicoccus hirsutusInsect · A pink mealybug under a white waxy coat whose saliva is toxic to plants: new shoots twist and bunch, leaves…

Fungal diseases

• Anthracnose of mangoColletotrichum gloeosporioides species complexFungal disease · Anthracnose is the most important disease of mango wherever the crop meets rain at flowering or fruiting. It…
• Guava wiltNalanthamala psidii and Fusarium speciesFungal disease · Guava wilt is a destructive disease in which guava trees suddenly lose their leaves and die, branch by branch…