PEST MANAGEMENT DECISION GUIDE: GREEN AND YELLOW LIST Leaf folder on medinalis. (Sinhala - Kola hakulana dalabuwa Tamil - Ilaimadichikkatti) Prevention Monitoring Direct Control Direct Control Restrictions

 If high infestation occurred in  Observe the field for  When the damage Spot application of recommended insecticide at the previous season, plough the leaf folder damage appears as patches beginning of damage symptoms will also help to conserve land just after harvesting. from tillering to in the beginning natural enemies.

 Remove shade around the flowering. remove the damaged field, better at the beginning  Observe damaged leaves along with  Fipronil 50g/l SC  Toxic to bees larvae and destroy. of the season. leaves and  WHO class II (Moderately availability of live hazardous) Leaf folder adult (M.  Establishment of crop at a Shepard) correct time of season: larvae inside folded Maha season - Mid October leaves.  Tebufenozide 200g/l SC  WHO class U (Unlikely to present acute hazard in normal use) Yala season - April  When infestation is  Use recommended seed rate high, leaf folder  Methoxyfenozide 240g/l  Maximum number of treatment i.e. 40 to 50 kg per acre. can also be observed SC 3 /year. But no more than 2  Use recommended fertilizer should be sprayed consecutively. based on leaf colour chart.  Randomly select 10 hills in a 500 m2  WHO class U C. medinalis larva within rice  Split application of nitrogen area. If 10 larvae are leaf. (M. Shepard) fertilizer. observed and 25%  Chlorfluazuron 50g/l EC  WHO class U  Remove grassy weeds time of leaves are to time in crop and damaged, then an  Azadirachtin 10g/l EC  Not classified by the WHO, but surroundings. Those weeds insecticide has to be considered not to present acute act as alternative host plants. applied for chemical hazard in normal use  Avoid unnecessary pesticide control  Chromafenozide 50g/l  Not classified by the WHO, but application to conserve SC considered not to present acute natural enemies. hazard in normal use  Avoid broad spectrum pesticide application  Novaluron 100g/l EC  WHO class II

 Acephate 75% SP  WHO class II

Sri Lanka CREATED: October AUTHORS: P.T. Bandara, M. U. P. Jayasundara, Rukmali Gunapala (Department of Agriculture) EDITED BY: Melanie Batman (CABI), Abdul Rehman (CABI)

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