| 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. |
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| 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 | ||