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Jatropha Curcas is getting value commercially as the need of fossil fuels increases tremendously and also jatropha curcas is an environmentally friendly energy plantation. Plantation of this plant is considered to be an excellent fuel alternative and it is also extremely affordable compared to other fuels. Recently, Jatropha is facing some problem with bugs and illness. The pests are classified into 2 varieties: Pest that affect young plants and Pest that affect grown plants.

Young plant pests: Cutworm, Scarabeid Beetle, Army worm, .

Agrotis ipsilon: It is typically understood as Cut worm. This bug impacts the seedlings and young Jatropha plants. If the plant is affected by the cutworm, the stem gets cut nearer to the soil surface and this will shrunk the plant entirely.

Control: This pest can be controlled by selecting the larva discovered around the plants or by blending the bran, sawdust with insecticides.

Scarabaeid Beetle: This pest damages the root of the young plant. Initially, the larva consumes the raw materials present in the soil and then comes to the root. The larva attack might kill the entire plant.

Control: The plant with good resistance power can get rid of the pest. For heavy attack, insecticides with parts carbosulfan and carbofuran can be utilized to eliminate the bug.

Army worm: Spodoptera litura presence can be recognized by biting in the leaves. The extreme infection might totally kill the plants.

Control: Insecticides are used to manage the pests.

Grasshopper: This is typical insect discovered in several plants. Valanga nigricornis and Locusta migratoria extensively assaults the plant. The pest typically attacks the young plant.

Control: The insecticides utilized betacyfluthrin, cypermethrin, thiodicarb, MIPC, and fipronil.

Pest observed in mature plants:

Pest of Stem: Ostrinia furnacalis, Xyleborus spp.

Ostrinia furnacalis and Xyleborus: This bug damages the jatropha curcas stem and it is commonly seen in Indonesia. The stem attacked by this bug typically drop. The existence can be determined by the larva penetration hole at the stem.

Control: The Insecticide usually utilized to control this insect is carbofuran.

Pest of leaf: The common insects observed are leaf caterpillar, Neetle caterpillar, Leaf hopper, Mite, Ear corn caterpillar.

Leaf Caterpillar: This insect can consume all the leaves of the plant in short period. The quality and yield of the seeds get minimized due to the heavy attack.

Control: This can be controlled by choosing the old larvae around the surface area and getting rid of the attacked leaves.

Needle Caterpillar: This caterpillar is covered with spines and produces a burning feeling when permitted to exposure to skin as it produces specific chemical substance. Initially the pest crowded in the leaf and then spread out all over the plant when it grows older.

Control: Manually, the pest can be killed just by soaking it in water or kerosene. The heavy attack can be managed by spraying organophosphate insecticides.

Leaf Hopper: This insect is found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions. The insect targets the leaf and draws all the nutrients of the leaf and gets curls at the tip. Later, the entire leaf dry and die.

Control: The heavy attack can be managed by utilizing insecticides like imidachloprid, beta cyfluthrin or carbosulfan.

Mite: Mite also assaults the leaf and makes the entire plant weak. The bug presence can be determined when the leaf become yellow-colored, diminishes, turns red and drop. The bug can likewise be spread through fallen leaves.

Control: Some preventive steps can be done like proper sanitation and burning the fallen leaves. Heavy attack can be dealt with by spraying insecticides.

Some terrible pest which assaults flower and fruit are, Stink bug (Nezara viridula)

Chrysocoris javanus, Tip borer caterpillar.

Stink Bug: Sting bug is a major insect which assaults the plant during blossom period so the crop yield completely falls down. This bug is seen around the tropical area.

The hazardous enzyme in the plant shrinks the entire plant.

Control: Insecticides recommended for this insect is chlorfluazuron, diflubenzuron, alfamethrin, and lamda cyhalothrin.

Tip borer caterpillar: The pests frequently takes place attacks the plant in blooming season and this insect is seen commonly in tropical regions. The female bug laid the eggs on the tender part of the plant and the young larvae feed the young fruits and plant ideas.

Control: Manually, the attacked seeds are advised to burn. The insecticides like monocrotophos and bensultap are sprayed at the blooming season.