Hoppers, shoot and fruit borer and petiole maggot and aphids are the main pests of okra. 


 Apply neem cake @ 250 kg/ha to soil immediately after germination and repeat it after 30 days.
 In the initial stages of crop(before flowering )spray systemic insecticide like thioethoxam 0.3 gm/l or imidacloprid (0.3 ml/l) for managing hoppers. Once the fruit harvest starts, avoid insecticides
 Spray neem or pongamia soaps @ 0.5 % or pulverized neem seed powder extract (NSPE) 4%. Give the lower surface of the leaves thorough spray, as the pest is generally found there.
 Collect and destroy the affected fruits and stems.
 Clipp and destroy aphid infested shoots and plant parts of the plant
 Spray a systemic insecticide like dimethoate 30 EC ( 2 ml/l) acetamiprid (0.2 gm/l) for controlling aphids
 Sprays dicofol 18.5 EC @ 2.5ml or any other acaricide like wettable sulphur 50 WP @ 3g/l to control mites. To increase the efficacy of syhttic acaricides mix them with spray neem soap/pongamia soap 1%.
 Thorough spray on the under surface of the leaves is to be ensured for getting good control.