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Agriculture · Q198

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 198

Q198

Silvery shoot or onion leaf symptom of rice tillers is caused by

A.
Rice hispa
B.
Gall midge
Answer
C.
Stem borer
D.
Gundhi bug

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Gall midge is a pest that attacks Rice plantations and infects the leaves of the paddy crop. It causes a tubular gall at the base of the tillers causing elongation of the leaf sheaths which resemble onion leaves that is why also called onion leaf or silvery shoot disease. It mainly attacks the rice in tillering stage and submerged the plantation.