Paddy Gall Midge - High Yields Agro

Symptoms

Maggot feeds at the base of the growing shoot
Feeding causes formation of a tube like gall that is similar to “onion leaf” or “Silver-shoot”.
Infested tillers produce no panicles

Identification

Egg: The fly lays elongate, cylindrical, shinning white or red or pinkish eggs singly or in clusters (2-6) at the base of the leaves.
Maggot: Maggot is 1 mm long after hatching with pointed anterior end. It creeps down the sheath and enters the growing bud. An oval chamber is formed round the site of feeding.
Pupa: At the time of emergence the pupa wriggles up the tube with the help of antennal horn to the tip of the silver shoot and projects half way out.
Adult: Fly is yellowish brown or orange and mosquito like. The male is ash grey in colour. Adults feed on dewdrops.

Management