*7.1.1 Important pests*

Shoot and fruit borer (*Earias vitelli, E. insulana*), gram pod borer: (*Helicoverpa armigera*), jassids (*Amrasca biguttula biguttula*), aphids: (*A. gossypii*), whitefly (*B. tabaci*), red spider mite (*Tetranychus spp),* red cotton bug (*Dysdercus cingulatus*), ash/grey weevils (*Myllocerus subfaciatus*), stem fly (*Melanagromyza hibisci*).
