Potential Rice Pest in the Philippines--Golden Apple Snail
Channel: International Rice Research Institute
Date: 2012-01-20

See http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/factsheets/index.php/pest-management/golden-apple-snail

The golden apple snail is a menace to young rice seedlings because it cuts and kills the seedlings as it grows.It is common in wetland areas such as rice fields and swamps.

Staff at the IRRI research farm worry a lot about this snail because it moves fast through the field if there is standing water. Many plots have plenty of these snails, either dug into the soil or in places where there is some standing water. 

IRRI is not keen to apply a very toxic chemical to control the snails. Instead, irrigating more frequently is done during the week following the first irrigation. With this, most of the field is kept under shallow flooding, making it less easy for the snails to move around.