Biology and Management of Rice Insects

Biology and Management of Rice Insects

Author: E. A. Heinrichs
ISBN: 9780470218143
Pages: 779
Format: 19 X 25
Binding: Hardback
Pub. Year: 1995

Table of Contents

FUNDAMENTALS.

Rice (E. Heinrichs).

Taxonomy of Rice Insect Pests and Their Arthropod Parasites and Predators (A. Barrion & J. Litsinger).

BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY.

Insect Pests of the Rice Plant--Their Biology and Ecology (D. Dale).

Rice Pests and Agricultural Environments (M. Loevinsohn).

CONTROL TACTICS AND STRATEGIES.

Host Plant Resistance (E. Heinrichs).

Cultural, Mechanical, and Physical Control of Rice Insects (J. Litsinger).

Predators and Parasitoids of Rice Insect Pests (P. Ooi & B. Shepard).

Pathogens of Rice Insects (M. Rombach, et al.).

Insecticide Management in Rice (S. Chelliah & M. Bharathi).

Integration of Rice Insect Control Strategies and Tactics (C. Smith).

The Brown Planthopper: Promises, Problems, and Prospects (M. Rombach & K. Gallagher).

IMPLEMENTATION OF RICE IPM SYSTEMS.

Development and Implementation of Rice IPM in Japan (K. Kiritani & K. Naba).

Development of an Integrated Pest Management System for Rice in Latin America (G. Weber & O. Parada).

Indexes.