Relation between Population Density of the Rice Bug, Leptocorisa oratorius Fabricius (Heteroptera: Alydidae), and Damage of Rice Grains

JIRCAS Journal
ISSN 13407686
NII recode ID (NCID) AA11030483
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Grain damage caused by the rice bug was investigated in relation to the insect population denensity in farmers' paddy fields. The insect populations on rice plants at the time of flowering included a smallar proportion of nymphs in paddy fields with early flowering plants, but a larger proportion of nymphs in the fields where rice flowered later. The increase in the number of nymphs in paddy fields after rice flowering, which was followed by a reduction in the number of adults, occurred earlier in the fields with later flowering plants as compared to the fields with early flowering plants. Grain damage was found to be proportional to the density of adults plus nymphs on rice plants at the time of flowering despite the difference in adult-nymphal structure in the populations and the difference in the changes of population density on rice plants after flowering. A density of 15~30 bugs per 20-stroke net-sweepings (approximately equivalent to 1~2 bugs per m2) was estimated to cause a 10% grain damage.

Date of issued
Creator Atsushi SUGIMOTO Lionel NUGALIYADDE
Subject Echinochloa crus-galli weeds Sri Lanka
Publisher Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Available Online
NII resource type vocabulary Journal Article
Volume 2
spage 59
epage 64
Rights Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Language eng

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