Rice (Oryza sativa)

Upland rice (Oryza sativa), Ivory Coast.

Farmers do weeding in an irrigated rice field in Burkina Faso.

Rice case worm

Symptoms of rice blast disease on leaves

Dried rice tassels caused by rice blast disease (Magnaporthe grisea)

Rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae). The adults are small (2.5 to 4.0 mm long)

Bacterial leaf blight on mature rice plants. Lesions begins as water-soaked stripes on the leaf blades and eventually would increase in length and width becoming yellow to greyish-white until the entire leaf dries up.

Rice seedlings infected with Bacterial leaf blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae). Infected leaves wilt and roll up, turning greyish-green to yellow, until the whole seedling dies. Plants which have survived the disease are stunted and yellowish.

Rice root-knot nematode infestation in rice field

Stalk-eyed shoot fly

Rice miner damage to rice

Green stink bug (nymphs and adults). Adults are about 1.2cm long. (Host: Pearl Millet)

African gall midge - Onion shoot galls on rice

African gall midge - Onion shoot galls on rice