Symptom of damage:

• Grains become chaffy or spotted black and shrivelled
• A stinking smell emanates from the bug

Identification of the pest:

• Nymph:  Brownish red with multi colour spots
• Adult: Green in colour

Management:

• Apply any one of the insecticides
• Carbaryl 10 D
• Malathion 5 D
• Carbaryl 50 WP 750 g