Common insect pests of rice
and their natural biological control
Chilo polychrysus Spodoptera mauritia
Scotinophora coarctata Nymphula depunctalis
Cnapalocrocis medinalis Nephotettix virescens Leptocorisa oratorius
Nilaparvata lugens Sogatella furcifera Recilia dorsalis
et al
The rice stem borers
Chilo polychrysus
Tan Sri Dato’ Philip Kuok Professorial Chair in Agricultural Science
Nature has a way to keep populations of rice stem Tetrastichus schoenobii
Anaxipha longipennis
Metioche vittaticollis
The rice armyworm, Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctudae)
Spodoptera mauritia
The Malayan black bug, Scotinophara coarctata (F.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Scotinophara coarctata
Paecilomyces Metarhizium anisopliae
The caseworm, Nymphula depunctalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
The rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
The green leaf hopper, Nephotettix virescens (Distant) IHemiptera: Cicadellidae)
“penyakit merah”.
The symptoms of “penyakit merah” are red rice
Outbreaks of “penyakit merah” are infrequent virescens
The rice ear bug, Leptocorisa oratorius (F.) (Hemiptera: Alydidae)
oratorius nymph
Conocephaulus longipennis
Argiope
The rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)
Pardosa pseudoannulata
Pseudogonatopus Hirsutella
The white-backed planthopper, Sogatella furcifera (Horvath) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)
Conclusions:
Agriocnemis Diplacodes
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crop pests in Peninsular Malaysia
pests, host plants, parasites and predators in West Malaysia (1920-1978)
