Paddy Pests
Earhead Bug
Symptoms
- Nymphs and adults suck the sap from individual grains, which are in milky stage.Â
- Individual grains become chaffy
- Black spots on the grains at the site of feeding puncture.
- Buggy odour in rice field during milky stage
Identification
- Egg:Â Circular, brownish seed like 2mm long laid in clusters in two rows along the midrib on the upper surface of the leaf blade
- Nymph:Â First instar is small, 2mm long, pale green in colour which grows to dark green through different instars
- Adult: Greenish yellow, long and slender, above ½ inch in length with a characteristic buggy odour
Management
ETL:Â 5 bugs/100 earheads at flowering and 16 bugs/100 earheads from milky stage to grain maturity
- KKM 10 D (KKM dust formulation consists of 10% of Acorus calamus rhizome powder and 90% of fly ash which is a waste product from Thermal Power Station)
- Neem seed kernel extract 5% 10 kg/ac
- Notchi or Ipomoea or Prosopis leaf extract 10%
- Spray any following insecticides
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 Insecticides |
Dosage |
|---|---|
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250ml/acre |
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 500ml/acre |
