Question

Gundhi bug is a pest of

• A. Rice
• B. Mustard
• C. Wheat
• D. Groundnut

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Rice

The correct option is A

The explanation for the correct option:

1. The gundhi bug is a rice pest.
2. It harms the crop by draining out the fluids that cause pre-flowering spikelets to produce grains.
3. They're in the soft dough stage, causing discoloration and filled or empty grains.
4. At both the juvenile and adult stages, rice bugs feed on rice grains.
5. They're found near weedy areas, wild grasses, canal Woodlands, and rice farming, among other things.
6. Throughout the day and early morning, adult rice bugs are active.

The explanation for the incorrect options:

Option B:

1. The mustard aphid is a pest that harms mustard plants.
2. Except for the rise in size throughout consecutive instars, each stage has a similar appearance.
3. Female aphids are wingless and have a yellowish-green, grey-green, or olive green body with a white waxy bloom.
4. The abdomen of the winged, female adult aphids is dusky green, with dark lateral stripes dividing the body segments and dusky wing veins.

Option C:

1. Weevils are the pest of wheat that are earthy grey in color and measure around 6.8 mm in length and 2.4 mm in breadth.
2. Their fore wings are oblong, and their hind wings are triangular, but they are unable to fly.
3. From June to December, the pest is active, then goes into larval or pupal diapause in the soil for the remainder of the year.

Option D:

1. The groundnut leaf miner is a significant pest.
2. Both the larval and adult stages of the peanut cause damage.
3. The adult is a little moth with brownish-grey wings that measure around 6 mm in length.
4. The larvae mine the leaves and eat the leaflets inside.
5. Leafminer management has been demonstrated to be highly successful using native parasitic wasps.

Final Answer: Gundhi bug is a pest of Rice.