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Major pests and diseases introduced into India-1



Major pests and diseases introduced into India

pests in a field representation






Many exotic pests and diseases have been introduced into the country since time immemorial before which quarantine of any sort existed. However  a strict quarantine regime is in place today to prevent against the inadvertent entry of any plant pest or pathogen into the country for which the DPPQS headquartered in faridabad is the nodal agency.





 Some examples of major pests that notoriously came into the country from another along with year of incidence are given below:













Sl.NoPestsHostSource /CountryYear
1.American Serpentine Leaf Miner (Liriomyza trifolii)ChrysanthemumAmerica-
2.San Jose Scale (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus)Wild and cultivated plantsAustralia1910
3.Coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampeii)CoffeeSri Lanka1990
4.Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica)Vegetables East Africa1847
5.Fluted scale (Icerya purchase)Acacia sp.Sri Lanka1912
6.Wooly Aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum)Apple--
7.Codling moth (Cydia pomonella)AppleNot known1919
8.Spiralling whitefly (Aleurodicus isperses)Fruit cropsSri Lanka/Maldives1993
9.Eriophyid mite (Aceria guerreronis)CoconutSri Lanka1995

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