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Jatropha Curcas is getting value commercially as the need of nonrenewable fuel sources increases greatly and likewise jatropha curcas is an eco-friendly energy plantation. Plantation of this plant is thought about to be an excellent fuel substitute and it is likewise really cost-effective compared to other fuels. Recently, jatropha curcas is facing some difficulty with pests and illness. The pests are categorized into two ranges: Pest that impact young plants and Pest that affect developed plants.

Young plant insects: Cutworm, Scarabeid Beetle, Army worm, Grasshopper.

Agrotis ipsilon: It is frequently called Cut worm. This insect impacts the seedlings and young Jatropha plants. If the plant is impacted by the cutworm, the stem gets cut nearer to the soil surface and this will shrunk the plant totally.

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

Scarabaeid Beetle: This insect destroys the root of the young plant. Initially, the larva takes in the organic matters present in the soil and then concerns the root. The larva attack might kill the whole plant.

Control: The plant with good resistance power can overcome the pest. For heavy attack, insecticides with components carbosulfan and carbofuran can be utilized to kill the pest.

Army worm: Spodoptera litura existence can be recognized by biting in the leaves. The severe infection could entirely kill the plants.

Control: Insecticides are utilized to control the bugs.

Grasshopper: This prevails insect discovered in a number of plants. Valanga nigricornis and Locusta migratoria commonly assaults the plant. The bug typically attacks the young plant.

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

Pest observed in fully grown plants:

Pest of Stem: Ostrinia furnacalis, Xyleborus spp.

Ostrinia furnacalis and Xyleborus: This pest harms the Jatropha stem and it is extensively seen in Indonesia. The stem attacked by this insect normally drop. The presence can be recognized by the larva penetration hole at the stem.

Control: The Insecticide typically utilized to manage this insect is carbofuran.

Pest of leaf: The common bugs 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 other words period. The quality and yield of the seeds get decreased due to the heavy attack.

Control: This can be controlled by choosing the old larvae around the surface area and discarding the assaulted leaves.

Needle Caterpillar: This caterpillar is covered with spinal columns and produces a burning feeling when enabled to exposure to skin as it produces certain chemical substance. Initially the pest crowded in the leaf and then spread all over the plant when it ages.

Control: Manually, the insect 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 pest targets the leaf and draws all the nutrients of the leaf and gets curls at the idea. Later, the entire leaf dry and pass away.

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

Mite: Mite likewise attacks the leaf and makes the entire plant weak. The insect existence can be recognized when the leaf ended up being yellow-colored, diminishes, turns red and drop. The pest can also be spread out through fallen leaves.

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

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

Chrysocoris javanus, Tip borer caterpillar.

Stink Bug: Sting bug is a severe bug which assaults the plant during bloom period so the completely falls down. This bug is seen around the tropical region.

The toxic enzyme in the plant shrinks the whole plant.

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

Tip borer caterpillar: The bugs frequently happens attacks the plant in blooming season and this bug is seen extensively 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 recommended to burn. The insecticides like monocrotophos and bensultap are sprayed at the blooming season.