Method for preventing and controlling rice grubs by breeding soft-shelled turtle in rice field

• Main Authors: HE YUEPING, FU CHANGHUAN, CHEN JIANMING, WENG LIQING, YU XIAOPING, ZHANG JUEFENG
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 18.07.2012
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; FISHING; FORESTRY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRAPPING; WATERING

The invention provides a method for preventing and controlling rice grubs by breeding soft-shelled turtle in a rice field, comprising the following steps of: (1) breeding strong rice seedlings, and transplanting the rice seedlings to large field; (2) digging deep ditches at the periphery and the middle part of the rice field; (3) setting habitats for the soft-shelled turtle at the middle part of the rice field and at the two sides of the rice field; (4) mounting escaping (stealing)-preventing facilities; (5) selecting young soft-shelled turtles; and (6) determining breeding time and density of soft-shelled turtle and disinfecting the young soft-shelled turtles, wherein Chinese soft-shelled turtle can be bred two days after rice is transplanted, and 30-50 Chinese soft-shelled turtles with the weight of 250-300g can be bred every 667 square meters. By adopting the method provided by the invention, quantity of spiders in the rice field can be improved, the quantity of rice plant hoppers can be reduced, ratio of