Evaluation between wax block and farmer standard practice of rodenticide chlorophacinone on rice rat Rattus argentiventer

Kamarul Baharom Damiri, . and Muhammad Idrus Shukor, . and Cik Mohd Rizuan Zainal Abidin, . and Yahya Bazlan, . Evaluation between wax block and farmer standard practice of rodenticide chlorophacinone on rice rat Rattus argentiventer. pp. 68-72. ISSN 2462-1757

Rice is the food crop that uses the largest single-use of land in terms of acreage. Nearly 90 of rice is produced in Asia. Rodent pest casually cause losses between 5 “ 10 of rice during pre-harvest stage. Among the species of rats found in rice fields in Malaysia are the Rattus argentiventer and Bandicota indica. One of the popular and effective method in managing rat pest in rice field is the use of anticoagulant rodenticide. So far chlorophacinone had not been tested on Rattus argentiventer in rice field. On the other hand chlorophacinone is safer to barn owl compared to bromadiolone. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness between wax block and farmer standard practice of rodenticide chlorophacinone on rice rat Rattus argentiventer in rice field. Result indicated that wax block had the lowest bait consumption with 13.1 1.2 compared to farmers standard practice with 23.8 1.2 and control with 90.5 2.4 starting at 42 day after application (DAA). Apart from that wax block was also the fastest treatment to achieve bait consumption below 20 at 42DAA compared to standard practice at 49DAA. Both wax block and farmers standard practice were able to reduce the burrow activity to 7.4 and 7.3 respectively at 49DAA compared to control at 49.7. Collectively wax block had achieved better result compared to the standard practice. Besides wax block and its inert ingredient was palatable for the rats in the rice field and had shown no neophobic issues. Conclusion wax block is user-friendly less-toxic to the natural enemies as compared to SGAR have minimal cost and can provided huge returned to the farmer.

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Abstract

Rice is the food crop that uses the largest single-use of land in terms of acreage. Nearly 90 of rice is produced in Asia. Rodent pest casually cause losses between 5 “ 10 of rice during pre-harvest stage. Among the species of rats found in rice fields in Malaysia are the Rattus argentiventer and Bandicota indica. One of the popular and effective method in managing rat pest in rice field is the use of anticoagulant rodenticide. So far chlorophacinone had not been tested on Rattus argentiventer in rice field. On the other hand chlorophacinone is safer to barn owl compared to bromadiolone. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness between wax block and farmer standard practice of rodenticide chlorophacinone on rice rat Rattus argentiventer in rice field. Result indicated that wax block had the lowest bait consumption with 13.1 1.2 compared to farmers standard practice with 23.8 1.2 and control with 90.5 2.4 starting at 42 day after application (DAA). Apart from that wax block was also the fastest treatment to achieve bait consumption below 20 at 42DAA compared to standard practice at 49DAA. Both wax block and farmers standard practice were able to reduce the burrow activity to 7.4 and 7.3 respectively at 49DAA compared to control at 49.7. Collectively wax block had achieved better result compared to the standard practice. Besides wax block and its inert ingredient was palatable for the rats in the rice field and had shown no neophobic issues. Conclusion wax block is user-friendly less-toxic to the natural enemies as compared to SGAR have minimal cost and can provided huge returned to the farmer.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Rodenticides
AGROVOC Term:	Chlorophacinone
AGROVOC Term:	Crop protection
AGROVOC Term:	Pest control
AGROVOC Term:	Rodent control
AGROVOC Term:	Rats
AGROVOC Term:	Pest management
AGROVOC Term:	Rice fields
AGROVOC Term:	Data collection
AGROVOC Term:	Data analysis
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:55
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10460

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