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IPM_RICE Sonam Dorji (NPPC, Bhutan)
Country Report Bhutan IPM_RICE Sonam Dorji (NPPC, Bhutan) gmail.com/
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Introduction Bhutan is Mountainous country
Total area of Country: 38, 394 Sq km Arable land for Agriculture: 2.93% Population: approximately 69% Population are farmer Average farm landholding: 3 acres gmail.com/
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About NPPC Mandated for Plant Protection R &D Program in Country
Sole agency for any Plant Protection activities Sole agency who regulate and Procurement any PP Product in Country No of staff: 27(17 professional, 3 driver, 1 Adm, 1 acc, 4 supporting, 1 lab asst) gmail.com/
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Rice in Bhutan Rice is most important cereal crop
53% dietary energy from rice Important rice growing areas: Samtse, Punakha & Wangduephodrang 77,038 MT of rice from 48,873 acres in 2013 Average yield was 1576 kg/acres gmail.com/
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Fig: Showing main rice growing district
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Distribution of Rice growing areas: Rice grown from 200 – 2700masl
Rice Ecosystem Characteristic Estimated area Warm temperate Zone (High altitude) Low temerature Rainfall: mm 25% Dry Subtropical Zone Rainfall mm 45% Humid Subtropical mm Wet subtropical Zone ( Low altitude) High rainfall, soil fertility 35% gmail.com/
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Maturity Days after sowing) Recommended agro-ecology
Rice varieties Varieties Maturity Days after sowing) Recommended agro-ecology Zone (masl) Khangma Maap Above 1500 Bajo map 1 &2 Bajo Kaap 1 & 2 IR 64 IR 20913 Yusirey Kaap 1 Above 1800 Yusiray Kaap 2 134 Below 1800 gmail.com/
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Disease of rice 20 different species bacteria and Fungi recorded
Blast (Pyricularia grisea) is major rice disease in Bhutan Blast epidemic in 1995 in mid and high altitude 1099 MT of paddy was lost to epidemic gmail.com/
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Insect pest 41 species pest recorded Economic importance are:
1. Armyworm (Pseudaletia separata) 2. Link stem borers (Chilo partellus) 3. Leaf folders (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) 4.Rice bug (Leptocorisa oratoria) gmail.com/
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Plant hopper in Rice 5 species plant hopper recorded in Bhutan:
1. Leaf hopper (Diostrombus carnosa) 2. Leaf hopper (Exitianus coronatus) 3. Brown Plant Hopper (Nilaparvata lugens) 4.Plant hopper (Psammotettix striatus ) 5. WBPH (Sogatella furcifera) gmail.com/
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Virus on rice RGSV is unconfirmed record
No virus expert visited Bhutan No extensive diseases symptom recorded where virus might be implicated gmail.com/
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Pesticide use in Agriculture
Sl no Insecticide Fungicides Herbicide 1 Chloropyrifos 20EC Captan 50WP Butachlor 5G 2 Cypermetrin 20EC Carbendazim 50WP Glyphosate 41 SL 3 Dimethoate 30EC Copper Oxychloride 75WP Metribuzin 70WP 4 Fenvalarate 0.4D Mencozeb 5EC 5 Sulphur 80WP 6 Tricyclazole 75WP gmail.com/
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Update_AFACI project AFACI_TCP project was started to implement from July 2016 Material required are being procured Survey will be carried out from September – October gmail.com/
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Tashi Delek/Thank you gmail.com/
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