In order to prove up the controllable effect of feeding ducks in paddy fields on rice diseases and insect pests,the authors established a trial area for feeding ducks in rice paddy from April to November of 2003 in Taojiang County of Hunan province.The results indicate that in semi-late rice paddy, the worms quantity of the forth and fifth generations of the quantity of rice planthoppers every 100 hills is lower by 56.2% and 64.7% respectively than that in blank area. Rice-duck commensalisms have a steedy and long controllable effect on rice planthoppers. It is unnecessa...