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Agriculture · Q119

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 119

Q119

In rice, clipping of tip seedlings before transplanting is done to eliminate egg masses of

A.
Yellow stem borer
Answer
B.
Brown plant hopper
C.
Rice grass hopper
D.
Cut worm

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
In rice, clipping of tip seedlings before transplanting is done to eliminate egg masses of Yellow stem borer.
Clipping of rice tips to reduce the infestation of stem borer and alley ways for BPH in paddy.
Sri. J. Vijay demonstrated cutting the tips of paddy seedlings before transplanting, egg masses laid by paddy stem borer are destroyed and reduce the infestation of stem borer ahead.