2.Green Peach Aphids (aphis gossypii, myzus persicae) These are green-yellow little insects which live together and suck sap under the leaves, on stems and young buds.
Aphids on the pepper leaf
Symptoms and Damage • Suck sap from leaf veins resulting in reduced growth. • Aphids’ infestation is most prominent on newer, younger leaves in the center of the plant. • Black wax on the attacked organs. • Heavy infestation causes yellowing of the plants and downward curling of leaves • spread pepper viral diseases: cucumber mosaic virus, pepper veinal mottle virus
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