Have you seen these bugs roaming around your rice field? Mind you! This could be the next 'rice black bug'! Even more, This pest can survive heavy dose of insecticide application for it is very minute and mobile.
This insect is called rice grain bug (Paromius longulus). This insect was found to be attacking the rice panicle from flowering up to milking stage. The results? Unfilled and discolored rice grains that reduces quality of harvest and subsequently, the quantity of yield.
The Department of Agriculculture urges Filipino farmers and farm technicians to closely monitor this new wave of insect pest.
This insect is called rice grain bug (Paromius longulus). This insect was found to be attacking the rice panicle from flowering up to milking stage. The results? Unfilled and discolored rice grains that reduces quality of harvest and subsequently, the quantity of yield.
The Department of Agriculculture urges Filipino farmers and farm technicians to closely monitor this new wave of insect pest.
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