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Rice Insect Pests and Their Management (Hardcover)
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Rice Insect Pests and Their Management (Hardcover)
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 50
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"For anyone who wants information on the insect pests of rice, this
book provides an enormous amount of information about the root and
stem feeders, stem borers, gall midges, leafhoppers, planthoppers,
foliage feeders and panicle feeders, together with colour
illustrations and line drawings, supported by an extensive list of
references to each chapter. For each insect, information is given
on their distribution, host plants, their biology/ecology and plant
damage they cause." Outlooks on Pest Management The rice plant is
an ideal host for many insect species. All of the plant parts are
vulnerable to insect-feeding from the time of sowing till harvest.
There are over 800 insect species damaging rice in one way or
another, although the majority of them do very little damage. In
tropical Asia only about 20 species are of major importance. In
Africa, 15 species of insects are considered major rice pests and
in the Americas about 20 species are considered major pests. To
develop effective pest management strategies, it is essential to
properly identify and understand the biology and ecology of insect
pests and the arthropods that help regulate their populations. This
book effectively utilizes the unique knowledge and expertise of
leading rice entomologists from Africa, Asia and the Americas to
provide the first global coverage of rice insect pests. The
discussion of each pest includes geographical distribution, plant
hosts other than rice, description and biology, plant damage and
ecology.
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