| Damages : | ||
| Deadheart | ||
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- Central leaf whorl folds, turns brownish, dries up and dies | |
| - Damaged shoots can be easily pulled by hand | ||
| - There is stemborer damage when tillers have tiny holes and fecal matter | ||
| - When damage occurs at early tillering stage, plant compensates by producing additional tillers and yield loss is negligible | ||
| Deadheart infected plant | ||
| Whitehead | ||
| Management Strategies at Various Crop Growth Stages: | ||
| Crop Establishment | ||
| Vegetative (Tillering) | ||
| Reproductive (Early panicle initiation to flowering) | ||
| Ripening | ||
| Harvest and Post Harvest | ||
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Stemborer information sheet | |
| Stemborer population in Maligaya, Science City of Muñoz | ||