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Major Insect Pests of Rice

• Rice whorl maggot is attracted to newly transplanted rice with standing water and causes damage to developing leaves.
• Rice caseworm lays eggs on the lower surface of leaves and feeds on the upper portion of the leaf.
• Common armyworm infestation occurs sporadically and causes severe damage before detection.
• Cutworm is a polyphagus insect that attacks rice plants at the seedling stage.
• Rice stemborers are the most serious pest of rice, infest rice plants from seedling stage to maturity, and are difficult to control with insecticides.
• Rice leaffolder attacks rice plants from seedling to flowering stages and has increased in importance in heavily fertilized areas.
• Green leafhoppers feed on the leaves and upper parts of rice plants and are vectors of virus organisms causing tungro and yellow dwarf diseases.
• Brown planthoppers infest the lower parts of rice plants and cause direct damage known as "hopper burn."
• Rice bugs are a major problem in continuous rice cultivation and remain active during early morning and weak sunlight.
• Rice whorl maggot local names include ngilaw ti pagay, ngilaw ti taltalon (Iloc.), and langaw-bukid (Tag.).
• Rice caseworm local name is kutalo (Iloc.).
• Common armyworm local name is arabas (Iloc.).

Major Insect Pests of Rice

• Rice whorl maggot is attracted to newly transplanted rice with standing water and causes damage to developing leaves.
• Rice caseworm lays eggs on the lower surface of leaves and feeds on the upper portion of the leaf.
• Common armyworm infestation occurs sporadically and causes severe damage before detection.
• Cutworm is a polyphagus insect that attacks rice plants at the seedling stage.
• Rice stemborers are the most serious pest of rice, infest rice plants from seedling stage to maturity, and are difficult to control with insecticides.
• Rice leaffolder attacks rice plants from seedling to flowering stages and has increased in importance in heavily fertilized areas.
• Green leafhoppers feed on the leaves and upper parts of rice plants and are vectors of virus organisms causing tungro and yellow dwarf diseases.
• Brown planthoppers infest the lower parts of rice plants and cause direct damage known as "hopper burn."
• Rice bugs are a major problem in continuous rice cultivation and remain active during early morning and weak sunlight.
• Rice whorl maggot local names include ngilaw ti pagay, ngilaw ti taltalon (Iloc.), and langaw-bukid (Tag.).
• Rice caseworm local name is kutalo (Iloc.).
• Common armyworm local name is arabas (Iloc.).

Major Insect Pests of Rice

• Rice whorl maggot is attracted to newly transplanted rice with standing water and causes damage to developing leaves.
• Rice caseworm lays eggs on the lower surface of leaves and feeds on the upper portion of the leaf.
• Common armyworm infestation occurs sporadically and causes severe damage before detection.
• Cutworm is a polyphagus insect that attacks rice plants at the seedling stage.
• Rice stemborers are the most serious pest of rice, infest rice plants from seedling stage to maturity, and are difficult to control with insecticides.
• Rice leaffolder attacks rice plants from seedling to flowering stages and has increased in importance in heavily fertilized areas.
• Green leafhoppers feed on the leaves and upper parts of rice plants and are vectors of virus organisms causing tungro and yellow dwarf diseases.
• Brown planthoppers infest the lower parts of rice plants and cause direct damage known as "hopper burn."
• Rice bugs are a major problem in continuous rice cultivation and remain active during early morning and weak sunlight.
• Rice whorl maggot local names include ngilaw ti pagay, ngilaw ti taltalon (Iloc.), and langaw-bukid (Tag.).
• Rice caseworm local name is kutalo (Iloc.).
• Common armyworm local name is arabas (Iloc.).