Question: asking the control measure for rice leaf-folder causing damages in his 2 bigha of land where he has cultivated paddy.
Answer: advised mr. ahmed to remove the grass weeds from bunds around the crop along with light trapping of adults which helps in reducing the pest population. chemical fertilizer suggested is to spray 2.5 litres of chlorpyriphos 20ec or 1.4 litres of monocrotophos 36sl in 250 litres of water per hectare at economic threshold level of 10 percent damaged leaves.