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Agriculture · Q271

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 271

Q271

Wota trap is used for

A.
Stored grain pest
B.
Groundnut leaf miner
Answer
C.
Coffee berry borer
D.
Mosquito and flies

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Wota trap is used for Groundnut leaf miner.
Wota Trap is easy to assemble on a single pole. It consists of an adapter, basin to hold water (mixed with kerosene/ detergent) and a lure holder with a canopy. It can be effectively used to trap Sugarcane borers, Tuta moths, Brinjal borers.
Groundnut leaf miner, is a very serious pest of groundnuts both in the rainy and post rainy season crops and is regarded as the most important pest threatening groundnut production in Uganda.