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Keywords: it is advocated that control measures against insect pests on rainfed wetland rice be based on insect pest resistant varieties, the main pests in Asia are yellow stem borer Scirpophaga incertulas, rice gall midge Orseolia oryzae, green leafhopper Nephotettix virescens, rice hispa Dicladispa armigera, brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens, rice bug Leptocorisa spp., ear-cutting caterpillar Mythimna separata, rice caseworm Nymphula depunctalis, leaf folder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, and rice thrips Stenchaetothrips biformis, as it is not economical on this crop for farmers to spend money on expensive inputs, host plant resistance is emphasized