Pest Management

Key Check 7:
No significant yield
loss due to pests
Part 1: Understanding the PalayCheck System
 A
C
Rat damage B
Bug damage Blast damage

What do you What possible effects will A, B, and

observe? C give on yield? To the farmer?

Source of Photos: IRRI

IMPORTANCE OF KEY CHECK 7

KNOW how the rice crop interacts with the biotic factors,
agro-ecosystem, & the crop management system; and

CORRECTLY identify pest & apply ICM

(i.e. resistant variety; date & method of crop establishment;
fertilizer & water management; & pesticide use)
ASSESSMENT OF KEY CHECK 7
 No significant yield loss due to pests such as
insects, diseases, weeds, rats, snails, and birds.
 Significant damage occurs when one or more
pests cause damage.

Assessing
damage
H W?
ASSESSMENT OF KEY CHECK 7

There is significant yield loss if…

≥ 10% of the area has

missing or snail-damaged
hills at 14 DAT or DAS

SNAILS
ASSESSMENT OF KEY CHECK 7

There is significant yield loss if…

≥ 5% of the area has

damaged tillers from
maximum tillering
to maturity

RATS
ASSESSMENT OF KEY CHECK 7

There is significant yield loss if…

≥ 10% of the area has

weeds at 15 and/or
30 DAT or DAS

WEEDS

BIRDS: ≥ 5% of the area has damaged panicles

Assessment of Stem borer
KEY CHECK 7

≥ 20% whitehead
(flowering to maturity)
≥ 1 egg-
mass/m2
≥ 30% (mid to max
deadheart tillering/EPI)
(early tillering)
≥ 5 egg-
masses/m2
(nursery/seedbed)
Assessment of Leaf/Panicle
KEY CHECK 7 Blast

≥ 10% of field w/ PB
(milking stage to maturity)

≥ 10% of field
w/ neck blast
(flowering)
≥ 30% of field w/ LB
(mid to max tillering)
≥ 20% of seedbed,
field w/ LB
(nursery/seedbed
to early tillering )
Assessment of Bacterial
KEY CHECK 7 Leaf Blight

≥ 30% of field w/ BLB seen on flag leaf

(flowering); with w/ undeveloped spikelets
(mid-tillering to maturity)

negligible
(nursery/seedbed
to early tillering )
Recommendations to
Achieve KEY CHECK 7

PEST MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE
CHANGE
Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew en route to the moon, 1972
The atmosphere is the earth’s blanket
 The Earth:
Largest-Ever Ozone Hole Observed Over Antarctica 
Epekto ng climate change sa
palayan
Ang pagbago ng ihip ng hangin ay nagdudulot ng
mga sakit sa palay gaya ng rice blast, sheath, at
culm blight na sanhi ng pagbaba ng ani.
Recommendations to Achieve KEY CHECK 7

 Use varieties resistant to  Use clean seeds and resistant

pests prevalent in the locality varieties
• Certified seed is recommended. If
certified seed is not available, use
clean seed having no discolored
seeds, weed seeds or other rice
varieties mixed in.

Mestiso 19 is resistant
to whiteheads
Recommendations to Achieve KEY CHECK 7
 Adopt a synchronous planting
scheme after 1-month fallow
period in the locality
o Plant at the same time as
your neighbors to
minimize insect, disease,
bird, and rat pressure on
individual fields
Recommendations to Achieve KEY CHECK 7

 Conserve beneficial organisms

 Conduct regular field

monitoring to identify
potential pests
Recommendations to Achieve KEY CHECK 7

 Do not over apply fertilizer

- Following specific fertilizer
recommendations is important
because high nitrogen can
increase susceptibility to
certain pests and diseases.
Recommendations to Achieve KEY CHECK 7

 Maintain field cleanliness  Practice good cleaning of

• Clean the field between equipment
seasons by managing
stubbles and ratoons, and
by maintaining & repairing
bunds
Management
Options for RATS,  Rats: practice timely,
integrated, & sustained
GOLDEN APPLE community-wide control
SNAILS, & WEEDS
 GAS: keep field saturated
during early vegetative stage;
construct small canals and
place attractants to facilitate
snail collection; place
wire/bamboo screen at water
in/outlets to prevent field
entry
 Weeds: control within 30 DAT
or 40 DAS; proper land prep &
water mgt; use high quality
seeds
Management  Insect pests: Do not spray
Options for against defoliators w/in the
INSECT PESTS, first 30 DAT or 40 DAS
DISEASES, & BIRDS  Diseases: Diagnose correctly
& practice field sanitation
 Insect pests & diseases:
Avoid too much fertilizer
application, 3 croppings/yr
or short turnaround time, &
unnecessary use of
pesticides
 Birds: scaring away birds is
the only practical solution to
manage them
Pest Management
Key Check 7:
No significant yield
loss due to pests
GLOBAL WARMING &
CLIMATE CHANGE

SAVE THE
PLANET
EARTH! ! !