Trends in Biosciences
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 6

Effect of Planting Dates on Incidence of Insect-pests and Their Predators in Rice Field

  • Author:
  • A.P. Singh, R.B. Singh, M.N. Lal, R.C. Sharma
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 818 to 819

Department of Entomology, N.D. University of Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad-224 229, U.P.

*Email: apratapsingh39@gmail.com

Online published on 3 January, 2014.

Abstract

Field experiments were carried out at NDUA&T crop research station of Masodha and farmers fields of Faizabad district during Kharif 2011 and 2012, rice was transplanted normal, late and very late conditions the maximum damaged of SB and LF and population per five sweeps of LF, GLH and GH were observed in very late transplanting and least in normal planting in both experimental years. The natural enemies’ populations per five sweeps were highest in normal followed by very late planting rice.

Keywords

Rice, Insect pests, Date of transplanting