Effect of planting dates on the incidence of major rice pests

Trial on effect of planting dates on pest incidence was conducted at Agriculture Research Station, Sakoli, Dist.Bhandara during kharif 2016 to kharif 2020 with an objective to study the in luence of date of planting on insect pest incidence and population dynamics in paddy crops.Incidence of gall midge, stem borer, leaf folder, brown plant hopper, white backed plant hopper and green leaf hopper was recorded in these trials.The results revealed that early planting signi icantly reduced the incidence of gall midge followed by normal planting and highest incidence was exhibited in late planting.No signi icant difference was found in incidence of stem borer in different planting.Low incidence of leaf folder, brown plant hopper, white backed plant hopper and green leaf hopper were recorded in different plantings.The highest yield was exhibited in early planting and followed by normal planting.