My Dear Abhaji,Siloo,Gita This is not fungal infection it is mealy bug infection[quite often you get on Jasvant[shoe flower..Hibiscus] Infact fungal infection sometimes control mealy Bug[?]
mealy bug is the pest on rain trees and its foe is Lady Bird Beetle go thr' the link to know what they are doing if any of you get involved,let me know what is happening I am sending this mail to all because Rain trees are everywhere in Mumbai and probably 100 years old..so it affects us all... I have not send the details of life cycles as I do not want to bore you all.. Remember chemical pestcides will kill beneficiary insects which help in biocontorll SO NO NO TO CHEMICAL PESTICDES Biopesticides for mealy bugs are Lady Bird Beetles and their larvae,Lacewings,Noctuid Mths and their caterpillar,Blue Butterfly caterpillar,Chalcid wasps.fungus. I f you want more info contact Dr Shubhalaxmi of BNHS AND GOOGLE...LOTS OF INFO ON NET Love Usha http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/cover-story/Beetles-Live/articleshow/33300957.cms [image: Inline images 1] Mealy Bug [image: Inline images 2] Lady Bird Beetle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
