ETL: 10/earhead
- Nymphs and adult suck the juice from within the grains when they are in the milky stage
- Grains shrink and turn black in colour and ill filled (or) chaffy
- Presence of large number of nymphs and adults are seen on the ear head
- Egg: Blue cigar shaped, laid under the glumes or into the middle of the florets
- Nymphs: Slender, green in colour
- Adults: Male is green in colour, female is green with a brown margin
- Apply any one of the following on 3rd and 18th day after panicle emergence
- Neem seed kernel extract 5%
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| Chaffy grains | Holes on earhead | Discoloured grains |
