ot-knot anagement in Rice-Onion ropping System 2S "ON 9002 6626-ZLL0 NSSI (onaitud)esnnsut youwesey oly oronesRice Technology Bulletin Series No, No, No. No. No. No, No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No, No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No, No. No. No, No. No. No, No, No. No, No. No. No. No. No, No, No. No, No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No, No. No. No. No. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1" 12 13 4 6 16 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2r 28 23 30 34 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 38 40 a 42 43 44 45 46 a7 48 49 50 31 82 53 54 55 56 Released Rice Varieties (1968-1994) Pagpaperami at Pagpupuro ng Binhi sa Sariing Bukd Paggawa ng Maligaya Rice Hull Siove PhiRiice Micromil PhiRice Flourmil PhilRice Drumseeder PhifRice Rotciiller Rice Food Products PhilRice-UAF Batch Dryer Integrated Management of the Malayan Black Bug $G800 Rice Stripper Harvester Dry-Seeded Rice-Based Cropping Technologies Maligaya Fice Hull Stove 10 Steps in Compost Producton Rice Tungro Virus Disease The Philippine Rice Seed Industry and The Natoral Rice Seed Production Network 10 Hakbang sa Paygawa ng Kompost 10 nga Addang ti Panagaramd ti Kompost Characteristics of Popular Philippine Rice Varieties Rice Stem Borers ‘in the Philipines Rice Food Products (revised edtion) Leaf Color Chart (English) Leaf Color Char! (llocano) Leaf Color Chart (Filipino) Equipment for Rice Production and Processing Use of 40kg Cerified Seeds per Hectare Rice Wine Management of Field Rats Contrlled irrigation: A water-saving technique ‘or transplanted rice Minus-one Element Technique: Nutiiont defciency test made easy Management of the Rice Black Bug Management of Zinc-deficient Soils Management Options for the Golden Apple Snail Use of Evaporation Suppressant Pagoaparanii ng Purong Binhi ng Palay Management of Sufur-Deficont Lowland Rice Soils Management of Planthoppers and Leafhoppers Maragement Opions for Ficefied Weeds Use of Indigo as Green Manure Maragemert of Sal-affected Sos for Rice Producton Wet-Seeded Rice Production Matatag Lines Hybrid Rice Seed Production Metartizium anisopliae. Microbial Control Agent for Rice Black Bug Integrated Nutient Management for Rice Production Managemert of Armyworms.Cutworms Carbonized Rice Hull Rice-based Microbial inoculant Integrated Farm and Houschold Waste Management Fice Postproducton Practices Ecological Rice Farming Modtied Dry Direct Seeging Technology Palayamanan: Making the Mos! Out of Rice Farms Practical Guidelinas in Predicting Soil Fertility Status of Lowland Rice Sois Bakanae: The “Fooist” Disoase of Rice Management of Rice Blast DiseaseForeword This publication presents one of the major accomplishments of the 11-year joint research project of Philippine Rice Research Institute and Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research Support Program (IPM CRSP) funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Researches on integrated pest management showed that the nematode Meloidogyne graminicola, a parasite of rice, posts significant threat to onion production in the Philippines. This is because onion is a good host of this nematode. Farmers do not easily recognize the presence of the disease in rice because its diagnostic symptoms are in the roots. Thus, the disease is carried over during the production of onion, a vegetable planted after rice. Inability to recognize this disease could result in production losses. In rice production, reported grain yield losses ranged from 16 to 32%. In onion production, on the other hand, root-knot disease reduces bulb weight from 20 to 85%. No onion variety is resistant to the disease. The detection of the disease on rice at harvest is very important to stop its effect on the succeeding crop, which is onion. This publication aims to provide rice and onion farmers with knowledge on root-knot disease management. The nature and cycle of the disease are also included. It is also intended for extension workers who work with these farmers. We hope that through this reference material, farmers will be able to reduce the population of nematodes and gain better yields and income. Obs LEK LEOCADIO S. SEBASTIAN Executive Director