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RATS



Published by Crop Pest Management Division

Rats can cause serious damage to rice and losses of 5% to 60%, or even 100% at seedbed. They are destructive in all stages of rice growth, reaching its peak at grain maturity stage. Rats are also storage pests which feed on and contaminate stored produce. They are difficult to manage because they reproduce rapidly in high numbers and their life span is long.