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RICE RATOONING - IRRI books - International Rice Research Institute

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196 <strong>RICE</strong> <strong>RATOONING</strong>Except for rice whorl maggot (RWM) Hydrellia philippina (12), ratoon cropshave been reported to harbor rice insect pests that primarily attack late vegetativeand reproductive stage crops. Examples are gall midge (GM) Orseoli oryzae (10, 18,28, 35), tarsonemid mite Steneotarsonemus spinki (11), stem borers (SB) Scirpophagaincertulas and Chilo suppressalis (6, 8, 14, 17), and leaffolder (LF)Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (5). Vectors and the related virus diseases also show up:BPH Nilaparvata lugens and grassy stunt (15, 23, 26), whitebacked planthopper(WBPH) Sogatella furcifera (22) and green leafhopper (GLH) Nephotettix virescensand tungro virus (24, 29, 33). Yellow dwarf virus vectored by Nephotettix spp. andRecilia dorsalis is known as the ratooning disease, because it most often shows up ona ratoon crop (19).Work at CRRI (3) compared the suitability of ratoon and direct-seeded cropsas hosts to pink stem borer (PSB), striped stem borers (SSB), and GM but found nodifferences.The stability of GLH and BPH resistence in a ratoon was studied by Wildeand Apostol (34). They found a slightly lower level of resistance in an older ratooncrop than in a direct-seeded crop.On the other hand, a ratoon crop may also be a favorable environment fornatural enemies of rice pests. Agronomic preparation does not involve habitatdisturbingland preparation. Higher rates of GM parasitization were observed in aratoon crop because parasite numbers increase toward the end of the wetseason (18).In areas where irrigation and drainage are well developed and where laborcosts are high, farmers increasingly are direct seeding pregerminated rice (wetseeding)rather than transplanting. It is not known whether crop establishmentmethod alters insect pest or natural enemy populations in the succeeding ratooncrop.Standing water in a rice paddy attracts aquatic insect pests such as RWM andcaseworm (CW) as well as aquatic natural enemies such as the ripple bug. Ratooncrops may or may not get standing water.We designed a study to1. compare the population buildup of insect pests and their natural enemies ina ratoon crop and a seeded second crop;2. determine if water management and crop establishment method affectarthropod abundance; and,3. assess the suitability of a ratoon crop as host to rice insect pests.MATERIALS AND METHODSIn the 1983 wet season, a field trial at <strong>IRRI</strong> compared the population buildup ofinsect pests and natural enemies in a ratoon and in a seeded second crop andexamined the effects of crop establishment methods and water regimes on arthropodpopulations. In the same year, the suitability of a ratoon crop as host to nine riceinsect pests was studied in the greenhouse.

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