What are the pests of paddy?
| Paddy stemborer | Gall midge | Rice skipper |
| Leaf folder (or) leaf roller | Rice horned caterpillar | Grasshopper |
| Spiny beetle / Rice hispa | Whorl maggot | Brown plant leafhopper |
| White backed plant hopper | Mealy bug | Thrips |
What are the major pests?
The animal groups of the greatest importance as agricultural pests are (in order of economic importance) insects, mites, nematodes and gastropod molluscs. Insects are responsible for two major forms of damage to crops.
What are the non insect pests of paddy?
Besides, insects other invertebrates like nematodes, mites, snails, slugs, etc. vertebrates like rats, birds, jackals also cause damage to rice. Of course, insects are not the only pests that can cause economic damage to a rice crop.
What is pest example?
A pest is any organism that spreads disease, causes destruction or is otherwise a nuisance. Some examples of pests are mosquitoes, rodents, and weeds. Not all insects are pests. Many different kinds of insects eat other insects and are beneficial species.
Which is Dipteran pests of rice?
Gall midge (Orseolia oryzae Wood-Mason) is a major dipteran pest of rice.
What is the most common insect in a paddy?
Major Paddy Insect Pests and Thier Control Measures: 1 Planthoppers – Nilaparvatha lugens. 2 Stem borer – Scirphphagaincertulus. 3 Armyworm – Spodopterafrugipeda. Rice Hispa Beetle – Dicladispa armigera. Paddy leaf roller – Cnaphalocrocismedinalis. Gall midge – Orseoliaoryzae.
What is the economic and economic importance of pests of paddy?
Economic Importance : It is one of the major pests of paddy. It is a specific pest of paddy and has world wide distribution. It is very serious in areas where more than one crop of paddy are taken in a year.
How to identify moths in paddy fields?
It is very serious in areas where more than one crop of paddy are taken in a year. Marks of Identification: Moths: Medium-sized, 10-15 mm in length, forewings yellowish, hindwings whitish, black dot on each of the forewings and tuft of yellowish hairs on anal segments in female moth.
How to control stem borers in paddy crops?
Avoid spraying of insecticides like chlorpyrifos, pyrethroid combinations or lambda-cyhalothrin as it favors for the resurgence and resistance of the insect pest. There are around six species of stem borers that attack paddy crop.