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198 <strong>RICE</strong> <strong>RATOONING</strong>Insect survivorship was calculated as the percentage of individuals surviving toadulthood. Developmental period was considered the number of days from firstinstar to adulthood. Insects were allowed to develop for 10 d, then weighed togetherusing a Mettler ME balance (5 µg sensitivity).The oviposition preference of the same nine insect species was studied asanother basis for evaluating the suitability of ratoon as an insect-host crop. Potted3-wk-old ratoon and transplanted plants with and without 60 kg N/ha wererandomly arranged inside a nylon mesh cage (100 × 15 × 75 cm). Each setup of fourtreatments was replicated six times in a randomized complete block design.Ten pairs of adults less than 3 d old were introduced into each cage andallowed to oviposit for 7 d. Egg production was determined in the greenhouse,except for hoppers. Those eggs were counted by dissecting tillers and leaf sheathsunder a stereomicroscope.RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONInsect pest population dynamicsThe ratoon crop was less attractive to RWM (fewer eggs and damaged leaves wererecorded) than was the seeded second crop (Table 1), probably because ratoonplants covered more of the paddy water during early crop growth period than didplants of the seeded second crop. More sunlight reflecting on the water surface of theTable 1. Effect of crop establishment methods and flooding regimes of the second crop oninsect pests and their predators. a <strong>IRRI</strong>, Aug 1983-Feb 1984.ArthropodWhorl maggot e(no. eggs/m 2 )Whorl maggot f 30 DT(% damaged leaves)Leaffolder g g(% damaged leaves)Green leafhopper h(no./m 2 )Whitebacked planthopper h(no./m 2 )Brown planthopper h(no./m 2 )Spiders h(no./m 2 )Ripple bug h(no./m 2 )Mirid bug h(no./m 2 ),Stem borers j(% Infested tillers)Crop establishment Seedingmethod b method c Flooding regime dRatoon Seeded D TPR WSR Intermittent Continuous0.6 1.40.8 2.40.6 00.6 1.41.1 1.80.9 0.79.5 3.915.4 11.90.3 1.10.4 0.1** 1.4 2.8 ** 2.0 2.2** 11.3 14.8 ** 2.9 2.9******0.31.10.90.4 ns1.9 **0.9 ns0.41.70.90.32.21.0ns 0.8 0.7 ns 0.6 0.9** 7.2 6.2 ns 4.1 9.3ns 11.3 14.4 ns 7.9 9.4** 0.4 0.9 ** 0.6 0.8** 0.3 0.1 ** 0.1 0.2nsnsns**nsns****nsnsa Av of 3 replications. ns = not significant at P = 0.05; ** = significant at P = 0.01. b Av overseeding methods and flooding regimes. c Av over crop establishment methods and floodingregimes. d Av over crop establishment and seeding methods. e 1 m 2 sampled weekly 3-7 WT.f 1 m 2 sampled at 30. DT. g 1 m 2 sampled 40 DT. h 1 m 2 sampled twice a week (18 times) withFARMCOP sampler. j 1 m 2 sampled unit in 3 locations per date over 7 sampling date.

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