Rice Crop protection guide (August 2012)

Fowler, J, Whitworth ,R Stevens,  M

2012

This is a twenty eight page Primefact guide by the NSW DPI to be used as a guide for weed and pest management of a rice crop. It is divided into sections that the cover pesticide selections and use, planting back guidelines, intergrated weed management. The next section is the guidelines for spraying pesticides onto rice crops, herbicide resistance management for weed control in rice. Following on from this the multiple programs displayed in tables for drill sown herbicide use, aerial sown herbicide programs that are divided into pre sowing. This section is followed by post sowing pre emergence, then early post emergence, guides to rotating herbicides and herbicide resistance. The guide then covers the insects, snails and earthworms and gives guidelines to manage such pests.