Paddy Crop

Pests & Disease Management
Leaf Folder

  • For management of Leaf Folder:
    • The larvae fold the leaves, eat out the green tissue and produce white streaks.
    • Adopt control measure when the leaf damage reaches 10% (ETL) at panicle initiation stage.

    Mechanical Management:
    • The mechanical control of leaf folder can be done only before flowering by passing the 20-30 m long coir/jute rope, forwards and then backwards, both ways while touching the crop canopy.
    • While passing the rope, ensure that water must be standing in the crop.

    Chemical Management:
    • Broadcast Thiamethoxam 1% + Chlorantraniliprole 0.5% GR @ 2500gms per acre at 25 days after transplanting.
    • Foliar spray of Isocycloseram 18.1% w/w SC @ 120 ml per acre or Chlorantraniliprole 9.3% + Lambda-cyhalothrin 4.6% ZC @ 100 ml per acre at 35-40 days after transplanting.
    • Spray Chlorantraniliprole 9.3% + Lambda-cyhalothrin 4.6% ZC @ 100 ml per acre at 60-65 days after transplanting.
    • Neem-based bio-pesticide, azadirachtin 5% in 100 litres of water per acre.
    • Prefer Neem based bio-pesticide at pest initiation stage.