P. J. Kabilan

From Pest Surveillance to Precision Management: Emerging Technologies for Monitoring, Forecasting and Sustainable Management of Rice Stem Borers

P. J. Kabilan, K. Karthikeyan, Haseena Bhaskar, A. P. Padmakumari & K. C. Ayyoob · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2026

Rice stem borers continue to be major pests in rice cultivation because their larval forms exhibit cryptic behaviour, asynchronous development and dependence on crop phenology, which undermine conventional scouting approaches. The yellow stem borer, Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker...