Rice is India’s principal Kharif cereal, grown mainly as transplanted or direct-seeded crop in standing water across irrigated and rainfed lowlands. It passes through nursery, vegetative (tillering), reproductive (panicle initiation to flowering) and ripening stages, each vulnerable to specific weeds, pests and diseases.
Rice (Paddy)
WEED INFESTATION
- Symptoms: Grasses, sedges and broadleaf weeds emerge alongside seedlings, competing for nutrients and light.
- Effect on Crop: Poor seedling establishment, reduced tillering and stunted early growth.
Solution
- Product: Butamaxx (Butachlor 50% EC) – MaxxGro Herbicide
- Application: Apply as a pre-emergence spray/soil application in standing water 3–5 days after transplanting/sowing, as per label dose.
- Benefit: Gives a clean weed-free field so seedlings establish vigorously without competition.
STEM BORER (DEAD HEART)
- Symptoms: Central shoot of young tillers dries up and can be pulled out easily; small entry holes near the base.
- Effect on Crop: Loss of productive tillers and delayed crop stand.
Solution
- Product: Maxxgen GR (Chlorantraniliprole 0.4% GR) – MaxxGro Insecticide
- Application: Broadcast as granules in nursery/main field at transplanting as per recommended dose.
- Benefit: Systemic, long-lasting protection against stem borer larvae from the seedling stage itself.
LEAF BLAST
- Symptoms: Spindle-shaped grey-centred lesions with brown margins on leaves.
- Effect on Crop: Reduced photosynthetic area, weak seedlings and yield loss if spreads to nursery.
Solution
- Product: Azomaxx (Azoxystrobin 11% + Tebuconazole 18.3% SC) – MaxxGro Fungicide
- Application: Foliar spray on nursery/main field at first symptom appearance, as per label dose.
- Benefit: Broad-spectrum protective, curative and eradicative control of blast fungus.
SEDGE & BROADLEAF WEED ESCAPE
- Symptoms: Late-emerging sedges and broadleaf weeds visible between rows.
- Effect on Crop: Continued nutrient competition, lower tiller number and panicle count.
Solution
- Product: Civic (Chlorimuron Ethyl 25% WP) – MaxxGro Herbicide
- Application: Post-emergence foliar spray during active tillering, as per label dose.
- Benefit: Selective control of sedges and broadleaf weeds without harming rice.
BROWN PLANTHOPPER / LEAFHOPPER (HOPPER BURN)
- Symptoms: Yellowing and drying of lower leaves in circular patches; insects visible at plant base.
- Effect on Crop: Hopper-burn patches, weak tillers, and possible virus transmission.
Solution
- Product: Breezzo (Buprofezin 15% + Acephate 35% WP) – MaxxGro Insecticide
- Application: Foliar spray directed at plant base where hoppers congregate, as per label dose.
- Benefit: Combines IGR and systemic action for effective hopper knockdown and residual control.
SHEATH BLIGHT
- Symptoms: Oval, greyish-green lesions with brown margins on leaf sheaths near water line.
- Effect on Crop: Lodging, reduced grain filling and yield loss in dense canopies.
Solution
- Product: Hexxon (Hexaconazole 5% SC) – MaxxGro Fungicide
- Application: Foliar spray at first lesion appearance during tillering, as per label dose.
- Benefit: Systemic curative and protective action against sheath blight pathogen.
LEAF FOLDER
- Symptoms: Leaves folded longitudinally with larvae feeding inside, leaving white streaks.
- Effect on Crop: Reduced leaf area available for grain filling.
Solution
- Product: Maxxadin (Chlorantraniliprole 50% WDG) – MaxxGro Insecticide
- Application: Foliar spray at early infestation, as per label dose.
- Benefit: Broad-spectrum, long-lasting larvicidal action on all caterpillar stages.
NECK BLAST / PANICLE BLAST
- Symptoms: Blackish lesion at the neck node of the panicle causing it to break and whiten.
- Effect on Crop: Severe grain loss as the panicle fails to fill.
Solution
- Product: Maxxvive (Trifloxystrobin 18.3% + Difenoconazole 18.3% SC) – MaxxGro Fungicide
- Application: Preventive spray at panicle initiation and again at 50% flowering, as per label dose.
- Benefit: Protective, curative and eradicative control that safeguards the panicle neck.
RICE GUNDHI/STINK BUG
- Symptoms: Bugs seen sucking on developing grains; foul odour in field.
- Effect on Crop: Chaffy, discoloured grains and reduced milling quality.
Solution
- Product: Cypermaxx (Cypermethrin 25% EC) – MaxxGro Insecticide
- Application: Spray during early morning/evening at flowering-to-milk stage, as per label dose.
- Benefit: Fast-acting contact and stomach action for quick knockdown of bugs.
WHITE EAR (LATE STEM BORER DAMAGE)
- Symptoms: Panicles turn white and remain erect, pull out easily with a rotten smell at base.
- Effect on Crop: Complete loss of affected tillers and reduced grain yield.
Solution
- Product: Maxxban (Chlorpyrifos 50% EC) – MaxxGro Insecticide
- Application: Foliar spray on fresh infestation, as per label dose.
- Benefit: Contact, stomach and fumigant action gives strong knock-down of borer larvae.
FALSE SMUT / GRAIN DISCOLOURATION
- Symptoms: Orange-yellow to greenish-black velvety balls replacing grains in the panicle.
- Effect on Crop: Reduced grain quality, market value and seed viability.
Solution
- Product: Tavix (Tebuconazole 10% + Sulphur 65% WG) – MaxxGro Fungicide
- Application: Spray at panicle emergence and repeat before grain filling, as per label dose.
- Benefit: Systemic plus contact action checks fungal spore development on panicles.
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