Abstract The experiment was conducted at the TAMU Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Beaumont. ; The design was a randomized complete block with 12 treatments and 4 blocks. Each experimental unit was 20 ft × 5 ft and surrounded by a metal barrier to prevent contamination from other units. Units were fertilized 14 May preplant with urea at 67 lb N/acre, broadcast seeded 20 May with Labelle at 100 lb/acre, and treated 28 May with Bolero and propanil each at 3 lb Al/acre. Propanil was applied again at 4 lb Al/acre on 13 Jun. Units were flush-irrigated on 20 May, 4 Jun, and 18 Jun and a permanent flood was applied 28 Jun. Granular insecticides were applied with a hand shaker and the remaining treatments were applied at 22.5 gal/acre with a CO2 pressurized (20 psi) 4 nozzle hand boom. Agridex was mixed with Alsystin at 0.25% by volume. From 18 Jul to 31 Jul, 10 soil cores (4 inches diam × 4 inches deep) containing approximately 1 plant/core were removed from each unit. Plants were washed in a 20 mesh screen bucket and rice water weevil larvae and pupae were recovered and counted. Plants were measured or examined for height, root length, no. of tillers and leaves, root weight and whole plant weight. An additional 33 lb N/acre in the form of urea was applied at panicle differentiation. Units were harvested on 7 Nov.