STEM BORER IN BHINDI BHINDI(OKRA) Native of Africa Family:Malvaceae Abelmoschus esculentus The only significant vegetable in this family.Cotton is the other commercial crop includes malvaceae. Shoot borer attacks very early in BHINDI crop that is in second and third leaf stage when the atmospheric conditions are favourable for pest infestation.Shoots infected with borer droop down,Greenleaf immediately wilt and finally dry up. Control measures Bacillus thuringiensis Trichogramma Cypermethrin