Pests of Paddy

LEAF, STEM AND

SEED SUCKING
INSECTS

Nephotettix spp.

Homoptera:Cicadellidae
Bena hijau/leafhopper
Suck the leaf, stem and rice grain (biji)
Pest: nymph and adult
Transmits virus diseases such as tungro
(N. virescens), yellow dwarf, yelloworange leaf
Simptom: leaf yellowish and dry,small
grain,, sterile, plant stunted

Nephotettix virescens

Control measures:
1) dry the field after harvesting
2) destroy the remaining rice plants
after harvesting( esp. those which
are infected)
3)area with severe damage: use
insecticide one week after seeding
Racun: 0.1% carbaryl, dimethoate
Biocontrol: Miridae (hemiptera),
nematode parasitize nymph & adult

Nilaparvata lugens

Homoptera: Delphacidae
Bena perang/ brown planthopper
Suck the sap of a growing padi
plant( near water level)
Nymphs and adults cause damage

A high density of population

HOPPERBURN
crops dries up in round patches,
brownish color
Disease: ragged stunt, grassy stunt

draining the rice field for 3-4 days is

recommended during the early stage of
infestation.
Nitrogen application can be split to
reduce BPH buildup.
Maintaining a free-rice period could
also decrease the build-up of population
Spray with acephate 0.1% a.i,
phenthoate 0.05% a.i

Biocontrol: use of spiders

(predators) eg: Lycosa
pseudoannulata (20 BPH/day)

Scotinophora coarctata

Hemiptera:Pentatomidae
Kutu beruang/rice black bug
Adult & nymph
Suck sap from base
of padi stem

Weakening padi, seed production decrease,,

severe: padi stunted, leaves turn reddish
brown
Control: During early infestation, the water
level in the field may be raised for 2-3 days to
force the insects to move upwards.
Flooding the fields can also cause higher egg
mortality.
After harvest, fields might be plowed to
remove remaining insects

Sogatella furcifera

Homoptera: Delphacidae:planthopper
Adult and nymph
Suck the sap from leaf blade and leaf
sheath
Symptom; reddich brown patches on
leaf, for serious infestation you can see
yellow patchesControl: drain off water
2-3 days,then flood again (same like
Nilaparvata lugens)

spray gamma BHC, endosulfan,

carbaryl ( all 0.1% a.i)
Use Metarhizium anisopliae (fungus)
foliar spraying of insecticides
directed at the base of the rice plant
is the most effective

PENGOREK
BATANG
(STEMBORER)

Scirpophaga incertulas

Lepidoptera:Pyralidae
Yellow stemborer
The caterpillars bore into the rice stem
and hollow out the stem completely
the early stages of growth, drying up
of young leaves or death of tillers.
Attack is more common at 'bunting'
stage and then the ear may not emerge
and if it does ;it may be empty

Control: control measures e.g.

spraying surface of water at
maximum tillering may be useful

PEMAKAN DAUN
leaf eater

Spodoptera litura

Lepidoptera:Noctuidae
Ulat ratus/armyworm
Eat leaf-blades, particularly serious in nursery
and dry padi.
Control:
Dust 25 lb per acre of
a mixture of 5% DDT
dust and wood ash.
2. If possible, flood the
nursery.
3. Spray with 3 pints
25% DDT emulsion
in 40-80 gallons of
water per acre.