Photographs and accompanying text on bacteria panicle blight identification, bird damage on headed rice, potassium and sulfur deficiency problems in rice, and taking hand samples to determine harvest moisture.

Photographs and accompanying text on plant leaf tip injury, proper drainage for straighthead disorder, and the occurrence of rice pollination.

For several years Arkansas rice farmers have had to deal with grape colaspis, a small beetle, whose larvae feed on the roots of rice. Rice drilled into soybean stubble is particularly susceptible to damage from this insect. Larval feeding can cause more than 50 percent reduction in stand. This season colaspis has caused stand reductions in a few rice fields in Acadia, Evangeline and St. Landry parishes. This short video will train you to scout for colaspis in rice. (Runtime: 3:58)

The rice water weevil (RWW) is the most important early-season insect pest of rice in Louisiana. Adults of this insect emerge from overwintering sites beginning in early April in southern Louisiana (later in northern Louisiana) and fly to rice fields, where they feed on young rice leaves. Egg-laying commences when standing water is present in fields. This video will train you to scout for RWW larvae & adults in your rice field. (Runtime: 7:16)

Photographs and accompanying text on potassium deficiency symptoms on rice variety CL 151, iron toxicity problems, and pancile blight lookout.

Photographs and accompanying text on the identification and injury caused by collar blast, rotten neck blast and panicle blast; rice plant identification and plant part functions; and potassium-deficiency symptoms.

Photographs and accompanying text on leaf blast management and control, identification of crown rot disease, Clearfield varieties outcross with red rice, zinc and sulfur activity on localized decline, salt injury to rice plants, and stink bug management tips.

Photographs and accompanying text on leaf blast identification and control measures, grape colaspis damage to rice field, fall panicum control, glyphosate injury, and weed control with a pinpoint flood.

Photographs and accompanying text on Newpath injury to rice, phosphorous deficiency symptoms for a rice crop, adult rice water weevil damage to rice plants, and rice weed identification.

The new and continued projects funded by the Louisiana Rice Research Board