*2.1.1 Important pests of rice*

Yellow stem borer (*Scirpophaga incertulas*), Brown plant hopper (*Nilaparvata lugens*) and White backed plant hopper (*Sogatella furcifera*), Leaf folder (*Cnaphalocrocis medinalis*), Gundhi bug (*Leptocorisa acuta*), Gall midge (*Orseolia oryzae*), Termite (*Odontotermes obesus*), Rice Hispa (*Dicladispa armigera*), Climbing cutworm/Rice Ear Cutting Caterpillar/ Armyworm (*Mythimna separata*), Caseworm (*Nymphula depunctalis*), Mealy bug (*Brevennia rehi*), Black bug (*Scotinophara coaractata*).
