Termite in Wheat Scientific name: Odontotermes obesus (Rambur)
Description Small to medium sized, soft bodied, slender, creamy or dirty white to dark brown insects. Social insects that live underground in colonies. Termites are traditional pest of wheat under rainfed conditions. Plants can be easily pulled out and show the damage of roots. Generally sandy loam soils are more suitable for termites.
Nature of damage Attack young seedlings as well as grown up plants. The attacked plants wither and ultimately die. Workers feed in semicircular fashion on wheat leaf margin and roots partially eaten. .  Ears without grains. Plants can be easily pulled out and show the damage of roots. Drying of plants in patches.
Control measures Treat the seeds @ 4ml of chlorpyriphos 20EC or 7ml of endosulfan 35EC per Kg of seeds. The attack is in the standing crop dilute 2.5 lit of endosulfan 25EC in 5 lit of water and mix it with 50Kg of soil and broadcast evenly in one hectare  followed by light irrigation. In standing crop ,  apply chlorpyriphos  (20EC) @ o.7 kg/ha in irrigation water.