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Item Pests of Cashew and their Control in India— A Review of Current Status(1976-12) Pillai, G.B.; Vijaya Singh; Dubey, O.P.The major pests affecting cashew in India are the stem and root borers, tea mosquito, leaf miner, and leaf and blossom webber. Among the less serious pests, the defoliating caterpillars, shoot tip and inflorescence caterpillars, leaf thrips, flower thrips, leaf beetles and weevils, apple and nut borers and nut crinkler, at times appear in severe proportion in some pockets and cause considerable damage. Nature and extent of damage, biology, seasonal abundance, and control measures of these pests are discussed in detail. The natural enemies of different pests are also listed.