Rice

Pests

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Plant Hoppers

plant hopper, any member of several insect families of the order Homoptera, easily

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Thrips

Small caterpillars that feeds by drawing some line on the top of the leaves causing

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Bugs

Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen)

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Stem Borers

Is a slender, purple and white striped caterpillar found tunneling inside the stems

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Fall Armyworm

Greenish to pinkish, brown or black colour, windowing on leaves, yellowish brown

Diseases

Rice Blast

Elliptical spots with light-colored centers and reddish edges

Sheath Blight

On the leaf sheath oval or elliptical or irregular greenish grey spots are formed. As

Leaf Spots

Small circular dark spots on lower leaves and/or stems, Leaf yellowing, Leaf edges

Dirty Parnicle

The spikelet that has been infected has a straw-coloring and there is also

Brown Spots

Leaves become yellow to rusty brown

Neck/ear Blast

Elliptical spots with light-colored centers and reddish edges

Weeds

Watergrass

Not a true grass, but a member of the sedge family. Purple Nutsedge can be

Nutsedges

These are perennial plants that are commonly found in shallow water or moist soils