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Animal India - Tussock Moth - Moringa Oleifera
The Moringa oleifera is a medicinal plant, its antimicrobial activities, being a source of nutrition for human food and animal feed, and other environmental, and industrial uses - make this crop very important. Cultivation of Moringa oleifera is spreading across the world under different climatic conditions that may expose the plants to different pests and diseases. The present paper highlights the status of pests and diseases of moringa. Moringa plants suffer from fruit rots, stem rots, root rot, twig canker, etc. Major pests include pod flies, budworms, hairy caterpillars, red mites, etc. A Tussock moth (Lymantriinae : Erebidae) caterpillar eats and destroys the leaves of a tree at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 06/10/2023. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)
Photo Details
| Photo ID | #10603050 |
|---|---|
| Date Taken | |
| Location | N/A |
| Photographer | Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto |
| Category | Human Interest |
| Copyright | © 2026 NurPhoto - Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto |
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Moringa oleifera
medicinal plant
antimicrobial activities
human food source
animal feed
environmental uses
industrial uses
crop importance
world cultivation
climatic conditions
plant pests
plant diseases
fruit rots
stem rots
root rot
twig canker
pod flies
budworms
hairy caterpillars
red mites
Tussock moth
Lymantriinae
Erebidae
leaf destruction
Tehatta
West Bengal
India
Soumyabrata Roy
NurPhoto
pest status
disease status
06/10/2023.
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