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Encarsia was the most functional natural enemy in the field.
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e0“Parasitoid, Encarsia sp was fond most functional natural enemy in the field”
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S Pokhrel; RB Thapa Agronomy Journal of Nepal 2013. doi:10.3126/ajn.v2i0.7521
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- Observation Whitefly outbreak affected 20561 ha of rice and caused 9448 mt yield loss in Chitwan valley in 2003.
- Observation Rice lost 9448 mt yield during the whitefly outbreak.
- Observation A maximum of 1000 whitefly nymphs per tiller was counted.
- Observation Parasitoid population buildup occurred late.
- Observation Rice plants recovered to some extent after heading when whiteflies were naturally controlled.
- Association Higher whitefly populations were associated with fewer tillers per hill and fertile tillers per hill.
- Association Higher whitefly populations were associated with lower grain weight per panicle and yield per hectare.
- Observation Rice with 898 whiteflies per tiller produced no yield.
- Observation Rice with medium whitefly infestation yielded 1287 kg per hectare.
- Observation Rice with low whitefly infestation yielded 3456.0 kg per hectare, 30.8% below the prior year.
- Observation Kanchhi Mansuli yielded 4200 kg/ha and was comparatively tolerant to whitefly.
- Observation Mansuli yielded 3960 kgs/ha and was comparatively tolerant to whitefly.