Rice leaf removal and prevention measures

Rice leaffolder (Cnaphaclocrocia medinalis) harms the crops by splitting out the silk sticking 2 leaf’s edge to the cylinder shape to make its nest and harm the leaf from the inside. They eat leaves’s mesophyll to live, leave behind just the epidermis that leads to decrease the photosynthesis performance, slow the growth, if this happened when the rice trees comes to blooming phase, the rice grain will become flattened, decrease the yield of the crop.

Culturing method always takes an important role. If the right technique applied, from land preparation, fertilize, time planing, planting intensity, water management etc. will contribute to controlling the amount of pests and disease in general and  rice leaffolder in particular. Finally in this combination is using special insecticide when pests amount reaches high intensity. 

Monitoring the appearance of leaf-folder pests’ butterfly on the field to choose the right time to use pesticide is a very important task to do, so farmers need to visit the farm regularly. If see butterflies full bloom on the field then 6-7 days after the new born pests appeared. This is the best time to apply pesticide because of the young-age of the pests will made the pesticide more vulnerable to them. The pesticide should be spray uniformly to increase the contact ratio to the pest, also the manufacturer’s recommended prescription should be followed to reach the best performance and saving the cost. 

To effectively control rice leaffolder, Farmers should use Map Permethrin 50EC, from Map Pacific Singapore.

Map Permethrin 50EC

• Eliminates the pest by 4 mechanisms: Dermal entry, Oral entry, deeply absorb and Strong Respiratory. 

• Kills the pests, eggs, and lure out the bugs. 
• Effective also on chew mouth pests and suck pest. 
• Fast effective time, strong and long residual  
• Map Permethrin 50EC  is specially effective on rice leaffolder with dosage: 15ml/25l bottle.         

Map Permethrin 50EC is safe for the environment and users, does not leave residue on agricultural product.