Insect pests damage rice crop at different stages of crop growth. Rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrosis medinalis was considered as pests of minor importance have increased in abundance in late 1980’s and ...

With incidence of rice leaf folder pest attack being reported in samba paddy crop in certain pockets of Tiruchi district, the Agriculture Department has advised farmers to initiate control measures to ...

You can find Part 1 of this series here and Part 2 here. We ended Part 2 with the disappointing finding that the ladybug larvae had disappeared and no pupae were to be found. I feared they died ...