Rice Doctor fact sheets

Feeding damage caused by short-horned grasshoppers and oriental migratory locusts result to cut out areas on leaves and cut-off panicles. They both feed on leaf margins

Young larvae of semiloopers scrape the tissues from leaf blades, while mature larvae feed on leaf edges to create notches

When rice fields experience heavy rainfall, freshly seeded fields tend to have poor distribution, germination, and emergence.

Mealybugs remove plant sap by sucking, resulting to curling of leaves and wilting of plants

Mole crickets feed on seeds, tillers in mature plants, and roots. They can cut plants at the base resulting to loss of plant stand

Narrow brown spot can lead to premature death of leaves and leaf sheaths, premature ripening of grains, and in severe cases, lodging of plants

When seeds are poorly distributed, either crop stand of plants becomes too dense or have spaces in between when plants are too few.

Poorly transplanted plants have inadequate plant stand

Red stripe causes formation of lesions on leaves. It usually occurs when the plants reach the reproductive stage