Symptom of damage:

• Nymphs and adult suck the juice from within the grains when they are in the milky stage  
• Grains shrink and turn black in colour and ill filled (or) chaffy
• Presence of large number of nymphs and adults are seen on the ear head

Identification of the pest:

• Egg: Blue cigar shaped, laid under the glumes or into the middle of the florets
• Nymphs: Slender, green in colour
• Adults: Male is green in colour, female is green with a brown margin

Management:

ETL: 10/earhead

• Apply any one of the following on 3rd and 18th day after
panicle emergence
  • Carbaryl 10 D 25 kg/ha
  • Malathion 5 D 25 kg/ha
• Neem seed kernel extract 5%
• Spray Malathion 50 EC in 500 lit of water