Integrated Pest Management of Rice Leaffolder and Their Bio-Control Agents

Abstract

Rice is a major food crop in India and Asian countries. Several insect pests are attacking rice crops and causes considerable damage. Among them rice leaf folders are important defoliator pests which affect rice crop through the year. There are 2-3 leaffolder species prevailing in our country. The difference between three species can be distinguished in larval as well as adult stages. The integrated management strategies comprises of cultural methods, mechanical methods, chemical methods and biological control methods. There are several bio control agents recorded in India and the different group of parasitoids, predators and pathogens attacking rice leaffolder are narrated.