Control of towel gourd insect pest Huangshou gourd

Towel gourd, the Pearl River Delta towel gourd, especially star anise gourd, is a kind of cucurbitaceae plant native to India, also known as vegetable gourd, which is widely cultivated in East Asia. For Cucurbitaceae climbing herbs, towel gourd has strong roots. Stem trailing, five-angled, green, main and lateral vines are luxuriant, stem nodes with branched tendrils, easy to produce adventitious roots. It is distributed and cultivated both inside and outside China.

Variety classification of towel gourd

Towel gourd is divided into two types: angled and anguless. The ribbed towel gourd is called loofah, the melon is long and stick-shaped, the front end is thicker, green, the epidermis is hard, without pilose hair, there are 810 edges, the meat is white, the quality is more crisp and tender. Angularity is called ordinary towel gourd, commonly known as "watermelon". Common varieties are: snake towel gourd and stick towel gourd. Serpentine towel gourd, also known as line towel gourd, melon strips slender, some can reach more than 1 meter, the middle and lower part is slightly thick, green, melon skin is slightly rough, often have fine wrinkles, medium quality. Stick towel gourd, also known as towel gourd, melon stick from short cylindrical to long rod-shaped, the lower part is slightly thick, the front end is thinner, about 35 cm long, the horizontal diameter is 3-5 cm, and the melon peel is mainly green.

Excellent varieties of towel gourd:

Xialu No.1 towel gourd: selected by Guangzhou vegetable Research Institute. Precocious, suitable for summer and autumn planting in the Pearl River Delta region.

Lvsheng No.1 towel gourd: Guangzhou vegetable Research Center. Mid-precocious, spring and autumn planting. The main vine results are mainly, and the ability of continuous results is strong. Good commodity, melon length 57.3cm, horizontal diameter 4.6cm.

Lvsheng No.2 towel gourd: Guangzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences. Spring and autumn plants. Early and middle maturity, melon length 55.7-59.7 cm, transverse diameter 4.2-4.6 cm. The average weight of a single melon is 403 grams. The quality is good. Resistance to anthracnose, high resistance to blight, resistance to Fusarium wilt.

Yalu No.1 towel gourd is bred by vegetable Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Planted in spring, summer and autumn. Precocious, melon 55 cm long, transverse stem 5 cm.

Yalu No.2 towel gourd: bred by vegetable Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Precocious, spring and autumn planting. The melon is 54.5 cm long and 4.8 cm in horizontal diameter.

Yueyou towel gourd: bred by vegetable Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Spring and autumn plants. Medium-early maturity, strong growth potential and branching force. The skin color is green and white with flowers, and the melon is about 50 cm long and 5 cm in horizontal diameter.

Wanbao towel gourd: Huanong University Horticultural Seedling Development Center, early and middle maturity, 60 days from sowing to early harvest, strong seedling potential, good fruit setting, commercial melon strips symmetrical, shallow furrow, melon length 60 cm, transverse stem 5 cm. Suitable for planting in summer and autumn.

Yamei green towel gourd: Guangzhou Jinmiao seed Company produces, early maturity, sowing to the initial harvest period of 57 days, seedling potential, good fruit setting, high yield, good heat resistance, commercial melon strips symmetrical, melon length 60 cm, transverse stem 5 cm.

Baolu No.2 towel gourd: Guangzhou Hon Hai Seedling Co., Ltd., produced by Guangzhou Hon Hai Seedling Co., Ltd., good early maturity, long stick shape, uniform head and tail, 60-75 cm long, 5 cm horizontal diameter, dense meat, sweet taste. The suitable sowing date in Guangzhou is from December to April and from July to September.

Control of towel gourd insect pest Huangshou gourd

What is the loofah yellow gourd pest?

There are firefly-like insects in towel gourd fields, which is a symptom of Huang Shou gourd damage. The adult of Huangshou melon bites the leaves, stems, flowers and fruits of the plant, and bites off the tender stems of the seedlings, mainly the leaves, which will lead to the death of the whole plant. The larvae endanger the roots in the soil, and after the third instar, they feed on the phloem and xylem, wilting and withering the shoot. Huang Shou melon likes to be warm and wet, with the most active activities at noon and a wide range of adult feeding habits, harming gourd, bottle gourd, wax gourd, zucchini and other melons and vegetables.

The prevention and control methods of towel gourd insect pest Huangshou melon:

1) intercropping. Planting melon seedlings between rows of cabbage, celery, lettuce and other crops can reduce the damage degree of Huangshou melon.

2) Pesticide control. You can use 1500-2000 times of 20% cypermethrin EC or 1000-1500 times of 10% cypermethrin or 5000 times of 10% cypermethrin or 1000-2000 times of enemy-fed EC or 1500-2000 times of 90% crystal trichlorfon, etc. at noon, spray soil surface and field edge weeds and other pest habitat to control. In addition, manual capture can also be carried out.