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Do you want to kick off the insect pests from the paddy crop? But don’t know how to prevent pests? Follow the guide to catch early damage symptoms and control measures to protect the effective yield of paddy crops.
Table of Contents
Introduction to significant pests and insects in paddy crop
Planthopper
Let’s read about the symptoms of these
Here are the preventive measures
Physical and mechanical prevention
Biological and chemical prevention
Paddy stem borer
Let’s read about the symptoms of these
Here are the preventive measures
Biological and chemical prevention
FAQs
Rice counts primarily in the list of staple foods and is also known as paddy. It is damaged very quickly by some insect pests. Farmers incur losses due to crop degradation, and it causes a hole in the pocket of rice farmers.
Here we’ll read about the preventive measures to save paddy crops using physical, mechanical, biological, and chemical prevention methods.
Some of the significant insects and pests in paddy crop which causes heavy damage:-
Plant hoppers, Stem borer, Rice Hispa beetle, Gall midge, Paddy leaf roller, Whiteflies, Rice bugs, Leaf miners, Aphids, Thrips, swarming caterpillars, and several more.
Let’s discuss a couple of them in detail.
There are two types of planthoppers that affect the paddy crop namely, Brown Plant Hopper (BPH) and White Backed Plant Hopper. Scientific names for these two are Nilaparvata lugens and Sogatella furcifera.
Let’s read about the symptoms of these:-
Here are the preventive measures:
Physical or mechanical control
Protect the seedlings from direct exposure to insects by supplying enough water once a day such that only the tips of the seedlings are exposed.
To sweep the BPH, run a net over the seedling smoothly.
Biological and chemical prevention
There are several varieties of paddy stem borer that destroy paddy crops. Yellow stem borer, Dark headed striped, white stem borer, and several more.
Let’s read about the damage of these:
Here are the preventive measures:
Biological and chemical prevention
Q1. What are the symptoms of paddy leaf roller?
– Here are the symptoms of paddy leaf roller-
Q2. What is Rice Hispa?
-The rice hispa is an insect that damages the paddy crop in the grub and adult stages. It degrades the leaves by scraping the leaves. The size of an adult beetle measures 3-5 mm in length and width.
Q3. Mention the measures to control Armyworms in rice cultivation.
– Roguing and ploughing at regular intervals to prevent the production of worms.
– Control grassy weeds in the rice field.
– Rotate rice with vegetable crops.
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