YELLOW AND WHITE RICE STEMBORERS
White stemborer Scirpophaga innotata
Yellow stemborer Scirpophaga incertulas
Damages :
Deadheart
Whitehead
   
Management Strategies at Various Crop Growth Stages:
Crop Establishment
Vegetative (Tillering)
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Conserve natural enemies as they play an important role in regulating stemborer population.
 
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Do not apply insecticide within 40 days after planting.  Plants compensate the damage during this growth stage by producing more tillers.
 
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Apply fertilizer properly.
   
Reproductive (Early panicle initiation to flowering)
Ripening
Harvest and Post Harvest
 
Stemborer information sheet
  Stemborer population in Maligaya, Science City of Muñoz