The document provides guidance on cultural pest management methods for rice cultivation. It recommends selecting a neat, clean site and practices like deep summer plowing, crop rotation, and using fertilizers and resistant varieties. For the nursery, it advises spraying with phosphamidon and chlorphyriphos 15 days after sowing. For the fields, it suggests applying carbofuran or phorate at specific rates and times after transplanting to control pests under 2-3 inches of standing water.
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Nursery treatment :- spray the nursery 15 days after sowing
wuth 0.03% phosphamidon 100 EC 0.03% chlorphyriphos 20 EC .
Application of carbofuron @ 3G 30-33kg./ha 14and 42 days
after transplanting in 2” to 3” standing water gave good
control of the pest.
Application of phorate 10 G 12.5-15 kg/ha 20 days after
transplanting in the field filled with 2”-3” water followed by
one application 60 days after transplanting @10-12 kg/ha
respectively was found quite effective in controlling the
pest
