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Dynamics and combined injuries of main pest species in rice cropping zones of Yunnan, Southwest China.

DONG Kun1,2, DONG Yan3, WANG Hai-long4, ZHANG Li-min1,5, ZAN Qing-an1, CHEN Bin1, LI Zheng-yue1   

  1. (1Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biodiversity for Pest Management/National Center for Agricultural Biodiversity/College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China; 2College of Food Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China; 3College of Resources and Environment, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China; 4College of Agriculture, Heilongjiang Agricultural Economy Vocational College, Mudanjiang 157041, Heilongjiang, China; 5College of Basic Science and Information Engineering, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China)
  • Online:2014-01-18 Published:2014-01-18

Abstract: A series of rice pest injuries (due to pathogens, insects, and weeds) were surveyed in 286 farmers’ fields for major rice varieties of three rice cropping zones of Yunnan Province, Southwest China. The composition and dynamics of main pest species were analyzed, and the trend of rice pest succession in Yunnan was discussed based upon landmark publications. The results showed that the three rice cropping zones had different pest characteristics as regard to main species, dynamics and combined injuries. Sheath rot, bacterial leaf blight, rice stripe, leaf hoppers, armyworms and stem borers were serious in the japonica rice zone. Sheath blight and rice stripe were serious in the japonicaindica interlacing zone. Leaf blast, sheath blight, leaf folders and weeds above rice crop canopy were serious in the indica rice zone. False smut, plant hoppers and weeds below rice crop canopy were ubiquitous and serious in the three kinds of rice cropping zones. Many kinds of weed infestation emerged in the whole rice cropping seasons. Echinochloa crusgalli, Sagittaria pygmaea, Potamogeton distinctus and Spirodela polyrhiza were the main species of weeds in the rice cropping zones of Yunnan. Overall, levels of combined injuries due to pests in the japonica rice zone and the indica rice zone were higher than that in the japonicaindica interlacing zone. In terms of the trend of rice pest succession in Yunnan, injuries due to false smut, sheath blight and plant hoppers seemed to be in a worse tendency in all rice cropping zones of Yunnan, while dominants species of weeds in the paddy fields are shifting from the annual weeds to the perennial malignant weeds.