INSECT PESTS AND FUNGOID 

 DISEASES. 



In India a very few insect pests attack the 

 rose plant and among the fungoid diseases 

 there is only one of any importance. Good 

 cultivation and the maintenance of a vigorous 

 condition of the plants is in many cases 

 an important safeguard against insect pests 

 or fungus diseases. To have nice clean 

 healthy rose bushes apply soap suds to the 

 foliage. The plants will not be troubled with 

 insect pests and if a little sulphur is added it 

 will prevent mildew. This is a fungus disease 

 caused by sudden changes in the atmosphere. 

 It suddenly appears on a warm day in winter 

 usually between the beginning of December 

 and the end of January. It also sometimes 

 makes an appearance between June and 

 August. The leaves and flower buds are 

 found covered over with a white flowery sub- 

 stance and the leaves curl up and fall. As a 

 remedy spray with Bordeaux mixture some 

 days before the usual time for the appearance 

 of the pest and again a second time after 

 Christmas. 



The Rose Beetle during the rains feeds on 

 the tender leaves which are then full of 

 fresh sap. These cockchafer beetles usually 

 emerge in numbers at this time of the year. 

 They are nocturnal in their habits and the 

 damage done by adults is always done by 

 night. Control measures against these beetles 

 can take two forms ; one against the larvae or 

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