Symptoms

• Maggot feeds on developing grains & pupates there
• White pupal cases protruding out from the grains & chaffy grains with holes are the symptoms
• Pollen shedding due to egg laying

Management

• Grow resistant cultivars like DJ 6541, AF 28, ICSV 197, ICSV 745, ICSV 88032
• Conserve larval parasitoids - Apanteles sp., Eupelones popa; Larval and pupal parasitoid - Tetrastichus spp.; Predators – Orius albidipennis; Tapinoma indicum

Chemical Control

Sl.No	Generic Name	Trade Name	Color code	Dosage/litre	Knapsack Sprayer (Capacity 10L)	Dosage/acre (200 L)	Dosage/hectare (500 L)	Remarks
1	Quinalphos 1.5 DP	Marsquin, Quincid, Kinalux	Yellow	5 ml/ 1litre of water	50 ml	1000 ml	2500 ml
2	Malathion 5 DP	Malathion DP, Marsthio n	Blue	5 ml/ 1litre of water	50 ml	1000 ml	2500 ml

Extremely Toxic

Highly Toxic

Moderately Toxic

Slightly Toxic