ECONOMIC THRESHOLD LEVELS (ETLs) OF CROP DIRECTORATE GENERAL

PEST WARNING AND QUALITY CONTROL OF PESTICIDES, PUNJAB,

LAHORE (DATED 13.03.2017)
CROP NAME PEST NAME ETLs
Millets Ergot Appearance
Grey leaf Spot Appearance
Rust Appearance
Downy Mildew Appearance
Borer 5% Damage
Helicoverpa 5% Damaged Spikes
Armyworm Appearance
Termite 10% Damage
Mites 10/ Leaf
Sorghum Stalk Rot Appearance
Grey leaf Spot Appearance
Ergot Disease Appearance
Rust Appearance
Downy Mildew Appearance
Borer 5%
Helicoverpa 5% Damaged Podes
Armyworm Appearance
Termite 10% Damage
Mites 10/ Leaf
Maize Smut Appearance
Leaf blight Appearance
Cob rot Appearance
Termite 10% Damage
Borer 5%
Shoot fly 5%
Helicoverpa 5 % Cobs
Armyworm On Appearance
Aphid 5/Leaf
Jassid 5/ Leaf
Cabbage Armyworm Appearance
Diamond Back moth 3/ Leaf
Whitefly 5/Leaf on Cucurbits
Jassid 1/Leaf on Cucurbits
Aphid 5/Leaf
Blight Appearance
Downy Mildew Appearance
Powdery Mildew Appearance
Lucern Anthracnose Appearance
Armyworm Appearance
Helicoverpa 5 Larvae/Sq.m
Semilooper 5 Larvae/Sq.m
Aphids 5/Leaf
Pomegranate Whitefly 5/Leaf
CROP NAME PEST NAME ETLs
Scales 50/Leaf
Fruit fly 3 % fruit infestation
Anar Butterfly 2 Larvae or 5 eggs/plant
Fruit Rot Appearance
Leaf Spot Appearance
Bacterial Leaf Spot Appearance
Potato Late Blight Appearance
Early Blight Appearance
Fusarium Wilt Appearance
Common Scab Appearance
Rhizoctonia solani Appearance
Potato Leaf roll Virus Appearance
Potato Virus Y Appearance
Potato Virus X,S & M Appearance
Mycoplasma Appearance
Jassid 3/Leaf
Aphid 3/Leaf
Whitefly 10/Leaf
Helicoverpa armigera 5% infestation
Armyworm Appearance
Cutworm 4% Damage
Cotton Jassid 1 Adult or Nymph per leaf
Whitefly 5 Adults or Nymphs or both per Leaf
Thrips 8-10 Adults or Nymphs per Leaf
Cotton mealybug Appearance
Mites Appearance
Spotted Bollworm 3 Larvae/ 25 plants.
Pink Bollworm 5 Larvae /100 bolls
5 brown eggs or 3 small larvae or both 5 per 25
Helicoverpa plants
Armyworm Appearance
Aphid 10-15/Leaf
Dusky Cotton bug 10 per leaf/bud
Sugarcane Borers 10% infested canes.
Pyrilla 3 per leaf.
Whitefly 10 per Leaf
Black bug 10 per sheath.
Toka 3 per sweep
Mites 10 per Leaf
Mealy bug Only presence
Termites 10% damage
Rodents 5 live burrows per acre
Whip smut Appearance
Red Rot Appearance
Leaf Rust Appearance
Pokkah boeing Appearance
Mosaic Virus Appearance
0.5% attack on rice nursery while 4-5
Rice (Nursery) Borers
Moth/Trap/Night
CROP NAME PEST NAME ETLs
Toka 3 per net on rice nursery .
5% attack on rice crop while 8-10
Rice Crop) Borers
Moth/Trap/Night
Toka 5 on rice crop
Leaf Folder (Jul to Aug) 2 rolled leaves per plant
Leaf Folder (Sep to Oct) 3 rolled leaves per plant
White Backed Plant Hopper 15 Nymphs or Adults per plant & Or 7-10
(Jul to Aug) Nymphs or Adults per net
White Backed Plant Hopper 20 Nymphs or Adults per plant Or 7-10
(Sep to Oct) Nymphs or Adults per net
Hispa 1 per plant
Blast Appearance
Brown Leaf Spot Appearance
Foot Rot Appearance
Bacterial Blight Appearance
Sheath Blight Appearance
Mango Anthracnose Appearance
Powdery mildew Appearance
Malformation Appearance
Hopper (Summer) 5/ Leaf or 10/ Inflorescence or Twig
Hopper (Winter) 1/ Leaf or 10/ Inflorescence or Twig
Mealy Bug Appearance
Gall Forming Insects 10 galls / Leaf
Scale 50 Scales / Leaf
Termite 10% Damage
Tree Borer 5%
fruit fly 10% damage
Mung Termite 10% Damage
Grasshopper 3-5/ Net
Cutworm 4% damage
Pod Borer 5% damage
Armyworm Appearance
Whitefly 5/ Leaf
Thrips 10/Leaf
Aphid 5/Leaf
Jassid 3/ leaf
Mealy Bug Appearance
Yellow mosaic virus Appearance
Leaf Crinkle Virus Appearance
Anthracnose Appearance
Leaf Spot Appearance
Wilt Appearance
Root Rot Appearance
Collar Rot Appearance
Berseem Root Rot Appearance
Stem Rot Appearance
White Mould Appearance
Armyworm Appearance
Helicoverpa 5 Larvae/Sq.m
Semilooper 5 Larvae/Sq.m
Aphids 5/Leaf
Garlic Thrips 15/ Plant
White Tip Appearance
Stem Rot Appearance
Purple Blotch Appearance
Downy mildew Appearance
Rust Appearance
Cauliflower Armyworm Appearance
Semilooper 3/25 plant
CROP NAME PEST NAME ETLs
Cabbage Butterfly 2/10 leaf
Diamond Back moth 1 Larvae/Plant
Whitefly 5/Leaf
Jassid 3/Leaf
Aphid 5/Leaf
Blight Appearance
Downy Mildew Appearance
Powdery Mildew Appearance
oilseeds Termite 10% Damage
Grasshoppers 3-5/Net
saw fly 1 Larvae/Plant
Painted Bug 8 / Sweep
Cabbage Butterfly 2/10 Leaf
Aphid 1/Pod
Wilt Appearance
Blight Appearance
White Rust Appearance
Downy Mildew Appearance
Powdery mildew Appearance
Stem rot Appearance
Seedling blight Appearance
Tobacco Aphid 50/Leaf
Armyworm Appearance
Cutworm 3% Attacked Plants
Budworm 3 Larvae/ 25 plants.
Jassid 3/ Leaf
Wilt Appearance
Tobacco blue mould Appearance
Tobacco leaf curl Appearance
Tobacco mosaic virus Appearance
Black shank Appearance
Damping-off Appearance
Lentil Blight Appearance
Wilt Appearance
Grey Mold Appearance
Rust Appearance
Root Rot Appearance
Stem Rot Appearance
Collor Rot Appearance
Grasshopper 3-5/Net
Pod Borer 5 Larvae/Sq.m
Armyworm Appearance
Termite 10% Damage
OKRA whitefly 5/Leaf
Jassid 2/Leaf
Thrips 10/Leaf
Mites 10/Leaf
Mealy bug Appearance
Spotted Bollworm 3 Larvae/ 25 plants.
American Bollworm 3 Larvae/ 25 plants.
Cutworm 4% damage
Nematodes 1-2 Juveniles/gram of soil
Wilt Appearance
Powdery mildew Appearance
okra virus (YMV) Appearance
Bitter Gourd Jassid 3/ Leaf
Aphid 5/Leaf
Thrips 10/ Leaf
Whitefly 5/Leaf
Red Mites 10/Leaf
CROP NAME PEST NAME ETLs
Cutworm 4% damage
fruit Borer 10% Damage
Leaf Miner 10 % leaves infested
Red Pumpkin Beetle ( early
1/Leaf
stage)
Red Pumpkin Beetle ( Later
2/Leaf
stage)
Hadda Beetle 4/ Leaf
Fruit Fly 3 % fruit infestation
Termites 10% Damage
Downy Mildew Appearance
Powdery Mildew Appearance
Fusarium Wilt Appearance
Bacterial Wilt Appearance
Bacterial Spot Appearance
Blossom End Rot Appearance
Collar Rot Appearance
Late Blight Appearance
Root Rot Appearance
Citrus Citrus Canker Appearance
Citrus withertip Appearance
Root Rot Appearance
Citrus Psylla 6/ Leaf
Whitefly 10/leaf
Scales 50/ leaf
Aphid 5/Leaf
Leaf Miner 10 % leaves infested
Lemon Butterfly 2 Larvae(5 eggs/plant)
fruitfly 10% affected fruits
Brinjal Collar Rot Appearance
Fruit Rot Appearance
Aphid 5/Leaf
Jassid 2/ Leaf on Brinjal
Whitefly 5/leaf
Mites 10/leaf
Fruit Borer 10% on Brinjal
Stem Borer 5% damage
Wheat Brown Leaf Rust Persent intensity
Smut Persent intensity
Armyworm Appearance
Aphid 25/per tiller
Helicoverpa no spray recommended
Narrow Leaf Weeds Phalaris minor (Dumbi Sitti) 2/Sq.m
Avena fatuae (Jungli jae) 2/Sq.m
Broad Leaf Weeds All Broad Leaf Weeds 25/Sq.m
Gram Armyworm Appearance
Termite 10% Damage
Pod Borer 5 Larvae/Sq.m
Cutworm 10% Damage
Blight Appearance
Wilt Percentage