questions: farmer asking query regarding control of rat in rice. 
 answers: poison baiting is also essential for rodent pest management. prebait prepared out of 1kg cereal + 20 g vegetable oil + 10 g dried fish may be applied @ 10 g/live burrow for 3 days. this treatment should be followed by addition of zinc phosphide @ 25 g/kgbait on the 4th day.