*7.4.1 Important pests*

Gram pod borer (*Helicoverpa armigera*), tobacco caterpillar (*S. litura*), whitefly (*B. tabaci*), serpentine leaf miner (*Liriomyza trifolii*), thrips (*T. tabaci*, *Frankliniella schultzei*), red spider mite: (*Tetranychus spp*), cutworm (*A. ipsilon*), aphids (*Myzus persicae, A. gossypii, A. craccivora*), mealybug (*Phenacoccus solenopsis*).
