1. Insect pest complex of rice and their management
ANSHUMAN SEMWAL(17261) msC 2ND
YEAR
Agriculture (entomology)
2. introduction
Rice is grown in over 70 % of the area in Asia
and it forms a staple food for about 2.8 billion
people.
About 1400 insects covering 100 species are
reported is the world to feed on this crop, of
which about 20 species are of Economic
significance from different parts of the country.
The yield loss in rice is about 24-35 % with a
loss to the tune of Rs. 100 crores/year.
About 10-12 pests are important causing
significant damage.
Fao (1984)
3. Crop Losses Due to Pests
26%
26%
15%
33%
Diseases Insects
Weeds Rodents & others
National Importance
Insects: Leaf folder, yellow Stem Borer, BPH, WBPH, GLH, GM, Gundhi bug
Regional Importance
Swarming caterpillar, thrips, case worm, hispa, mites
Upcoming insect pest
Mealy bug, mites, black bug, blue beetle
29%
16%
13%
10%
9%
9%
14%
Stem bore
BPH
Gall midge
Leaf folder
GLH
WBPH
Other pests
NCIPM (2013-14)
4. Cultural
practices
Cropping pattern
High yielding Varity
Change in nutrient use
pattern
Change in rainfall
& temp. pattern
Factors responsible for change in insect pest scenario
Cropping
pattern
Insects
Rice-rice-rice YSB, LF, BPH,
WBPH, GM, GLH
Rice-wheat YSB, LF, BPH
Rice-rice-fallow GM, LF, BPH,
WBPH
Evolution of new
biotypes
Resistance to pesti
cide
6. Maximise crop production with minimum input
costs.
Minimise environmental pollution in soil, water
and air due to pesticides.
Minimise occupational health hazards due to
chemical pesticides.
Preserve ecosystem and maintain ecological
equilibrium.
No or less use of chemical pesticides for minimum
pesticide residues.
To improve farming systems.
NEED OF IPM
8. Representative growth stages of the rice plant showing the associated
major insect pests
•Stem borer
•Thrips
•Whorl maggot
•Caseworms
•Stem borers
•Gall midge
•Army worm
•Leaf folder ,Rice hispa
•BPH
•GLH
•WBPH
•Stem borer
•Rice ear head bug
•Rice ear head bug
Seedling and nursery
stage
Vegetative stage Reproductive stage Rippening stage
9. CROP STAGE PESTS ETL
Nursery
Yellow stem borer 1 egg mass/m²
Rice thrips
Early to late
tillering
Leaf folder 2 fully damaged leaves(FDL) with
larva/hill
Stem borer 2 egg mass/m or 10% dead heart or 1
moth/m or 25 moth/trap/week
Gall midge 1 gall/m² or 10% silver shoot
Brown plant
hopper/WBPH
10-15 hoppers/hill
Rice case worm 2 FDL/hill
Rice hispa 2 adults or 2 dead leaf/hill
Swarming caterpillar 1 damaged tiller/hill or 2 larvae/m²
INSECT ETL AT DIFFERENT CROP STAGES
10. CROP STAGE PESTS ETL
Panicle initiation
Stem borers
2 egg mass/m² or 1 moth/m
or 25 moth/trap/week
Leaf folders 2 FDL/hill
BPH/WBPH 15-20 hoppers/hill
Swarming caterpillar/cut
worm
1 damaged tiller/hill or 2
larvae/m²
Flowering to milky grain
Gundhi bug 2 bugs/hill
Rice panicle mite No ETL
INSECT ETL AT DIFFERENT CROP STAGES
12. IPM PRACTICES AT NURSERY STAGE
Cultural practice:
Rice Thrips- Flooding to submerge the infested field for 2 days as a
cultural control practice is very effective against the rice thrips.
Rice stem borer-
• Clipping the tips of seedlings.
• use short duration variety.
• Community-wide destruction of diapausing larvae (in stubble).
• Seedling treatment with chlorpyriphos 20 Ec @0.02%
Jain P.C. (2012)
13. Mechanical Control
Rice thrips
• Use of jute bage treat with kerosene oil .
Stem borer-
• Leaf clipping.
• Collection and destruction of egg mass.
• Use of mechanical devices-
• Light trap @ 2 trap/ha.
• Pheromone trap @ 18-20 trap/ha.
Resistant varity
No resistent varity for rice thrips.
Stem borer-Ratna, Sasyasree, Vikas, HKR 46, NDGR 21, Pantdhan 6
14. IPM PRACTICES IN VEGETATIVE
PHASE
STEM BORER
LEAF FOLDER RICE HISPA
CASE WORM WHORL MAGGOT GALL MIDGE
15. Insect Cultural practices
Rice whorl maggot
•Proper drainage of water
•Covering with Azolla and Salvinia
molesta.
• Direct-seeded.
• Close planting .
Rice stem borer
•Clipping the tips of seedlings.
• use short duration variety.
•Community-wide destruction of
diapausing larvae (in stubble).
Rice case worm
•Wider hill spacing (30 x 20 cm).
•Early planting .
•Draining of fields.
•Use of older seedlings.
•Judicious use of nitrogen fertilizer.
Cultural practices
16. GALL MIDGE •Control of grassy weed
•Draining of rice fields.
•Avoiding staggered planting
•Judicious use of nitrogen fertilizer.
RICE HISPA •Clipping and destruction of the top
three-fourths of the leaves of highly
•Removal of rice ratoons
•Top dressing nitrogen fertilizer
RICE LEAF FOLDER •Early planting
• Wider spacing
(22.5 x 20 cm and 30 x 20 cm)
•Avoid over-fertilization
•Maintenance of non-rice habitats
Cultural practices
17. INSECT PEST RESISTANT VARIETIES
Rice whorl maggot No resistant variety
Rice stem borer Ratna, Sasyasree, Vikas, HKR 46,
NDGR 21, Pantdhan 6,
Rice case worm ARC6626, ARC10651,
ARC10696, BKN6323, Brengut, BW78,
CO 28, Laki 396, and ROK2.
Rice gall midge Bhadrakali, Pavitra, Panchami, Triguna,
lndursamba, Shiva, Vasundhara, IR 36
Rice hispa OR165-94-1 and KAU1945
Rice leaf folder Ptb 21, Ptb 33,
TKMI, TKM2, TKM6, Muthumanikam,
RESISTANT VARIETIES
18. Mechanical control
• Leaf clipping- stem borer and rice hispa.
• Collection and destruction of egg masses- stem
borer.
• Cutting of leaf blade- rice hispa.
• Rope pulling- for dislodging case worm and leaf
folder.
• Hand pulling of affected part and destruction-
dead heart rice stem borer.
• Hand picking – leaf folder.
• Collection and destruction- larvae of case worm.
19. MECHANICAL DEVICES
PHEROMONE TRAP
LIGHT TRAP
STICKY TRAP
USE FOR CONTROL AND MONITORING OF STEM
BORER,LEAF FOLDER.CASEWORM
USE FOR CONTROL AND
MONITORING FLYING SMALL
INSECTS
USE FOR CONTROL AND MONITORING OF
STEM BORER,LEAF FOLDER.CASEWORM
21. Insect pest Biological control
Rice whorl maggot Egg parasitoid – trichogrammatid
Larval parasitoid – eulophid &
braconid
Predators – ephydrid flies , spiders,
Rice stem borer Egg parasitoids – trichogrammatid,
scelionid, & eulophid wasp
Predators – tettigonid & gryllid feed on
eggs, carabid beetle feed on larva,
spider feed on adult
Rice case worm Parasitoid – trichogrammatid &
braconid wasp
Predators – dytiscid beetle (water
beetle )
Spider ( lycosa pseudoannulata)
Biological control of rice insects
22. Rice gall midge Larval parasitoids – platygasterid,
euplemid, pteromalid wasp
Predator – spider feed on adult
midges
Rice hispa The role of natural enemies has not been
fully assesed. However, several
braconid wasps parasitize the larva
Rice leaf folder Egg parasitoids – trichogrammatid,
Larval and pupal parasitoids – braconid,
ichneumonid, chalcid, elasmid &
encyrtid wasps
Predators – crickets ( feed on egg),
damselflies, ants and beetles prey on
larva, spider capyure adult moth
Biological control
24. BOTANIAL INSECTICIDES
• Foliar spray-NSEK @5% or neem oil 0.5% or
neem based commercial pesticide 300ppm @2.5
l/ha.
• Other– Margocide ok 80%,Achook, Nimbicidine
NCIPM (2012)
25. Insect pest Chemical control
Rice whorl maggot
Rice stem borer Carbofuran 3% CG @ 25000-66600 g/ha
or cartap hydrochloride 4% granules @
18750 g/ha
or cartap hydrochloride 50% SP @ 1000
g/ha.
Rice case worm Spray carbaryl 10% DP @ 25000 g/ha.
Rice gall midge Application of carbofuran 3% CG @
25000-66600 g/ha or fipronil 0.3% GR
@16670-25000 g/ha at 20 days after
transplanting.
Rice hispa Spray quinalphos 25% gel @ 1000 ml/ha
or chlorpyrifos 20% EC @ 1250 ml/ha.
Rice leaf folder Spray cartap hydrochloride 4% granules
@ 18750-25000 g/ha or cartap
hydrochloride 50%
SP @ 1000 g/ha
Chemical control of rice insects
NCIPM (2012)
26. IPM PRACTICES IN REPRODUCTIVE PHASE OF
CROP
BPH WBPH
GLH GUNDHI BUG
27. INSECT PEST CULTURAL CONTROL
GLH •Sensible use of fertilizer by splitting nitrogen
applications
•Draining rice fields
• using early-maturing varieties
•Synchronous planting (planting neighboring
fields within 3 weeks)
BPH •Transplanting older seedlings (>3 weeks) also
reduces viral disease
•Avoid planting at peak activity period
•Early planting
•Crop rotation with a non-rice crop
WBPH •Sensible use of fertilizer by splitting nitrogen
applications
•Draining rice fields
• Using early-maturing varieties
•Synchronous planting (planting neighboring
fields within 3 weeks
Rice gundhi bug •Eliminate grassy weeds
•Avoid stagerred planting
CULTURAL CONTROL
28. MECHANICAL CONTROL
• Alternate wetting and drying- control of BPH
• Hand picking – Rice Gundhi Bug
• Use of jute bag treated with kerosene oil-BPH
• Mechanical devices-
• Sticky traps- For flying insects BPH,GLH,WBPH
• Application rates @50-60 traps/ha.
• Light traps-for BPH,GLH,WBPH.
• Application rates @2traps/ha.
32. BOTANICALS INSECTICIDES
• Foliar spray-NSEK @5% or neem oil 0.5% or
neem based commercial pesticide 300ppm @2.5
l/ha.
• Other – Margocide ok 80%,Achook, Nimbicidine
33. Insect pest Chemical control
GLH Imidacloprid 200SL @125 ml/ha for foliar apllication.
Thiamethom
BPH Spray of imidacloprid 70% WG @ 30-35 ml/ha or
imidacloprid 30.5% m/m SC @ 60-75 ml/ha or
ethofenoprox 10% EC @ 500-750 ml/ha or acephate 75%
SP @ 300-500 g/ha or buprofezin
25% SC @ 800 ml/ha
WBPH Spray of imidacloprid 70% WG @ 30-35 ml/ha or
imidacloprid 30.5% m/m SC @ 60-75 ml/ha or
ethofenoprox 10% EC @ 500-750 ml/ha or acephate 75%
SP @ 300-500 g/ha or buprofezin
25% SC @ 800 ml/ha
Rice gundhi bug Imidacloprid 200SL @ 0.05 % (2.5 ml/l) seed treatment
Imidacloprid 200SL @125 ml/ha for foliar apllication
Chemical control