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The Control of the Rice Mealy Bug-Ripersia Oryzae Gr-in the Tanjore Delta of the Madras State

Volume : 44
Issue: Feb-feb
Pages: 47 - 54
Published: November 05, 2023
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Abstract


Mealy bugs and scales are serious pets on culti- vated crops-The mealy bug Ripersia Oryzae Gris responsible for the malady popularly known as "soorai" on paddy in the Madras State. It is widely distributed in the Madras State and has been noted in Tanjore, South Arcot, Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore, and Malabar districts. It occurs in a fairly severe form more often in the Tanjore delta than in other tracts.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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