Rice Planthoppers : Ecology, Management, Socio Economics and Policy /: Ecology, Management, Socio Economics and Policy. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kong Luen Heong, Jiaan Cheng, Monica M. Escalada.
• Editors: Heong, Kong Luen; Cheng, Jiaan; Escalada, Monica M
• Other Names: Heong, Kong Luen
• Contents: Rice Planthoppers in the Past Half Century in China -- Planthopper Outbreaks in Different Paddy Ecosystems in Asia: Man-made Hopper Plagues that Threatened the Green Revolution in Rice -- Addressing Planthopper Threats to Asian Rice Farming and Food Security: Fixing Insecticide Misuse -- Rice Planthoppers in Tropics and Temperate East Asia: Difference in Their Biology -- Herbivore-induced defenses in rice and their potential application in rice planthopper management -- Mechanisms of rice planthopper resistance to insecticides -- The big picture: prospects for ecological engineering to guide the delivery of ecosystem services in global agriculture -- Rice Pest Management by Ecological Engineering: A Pioneering Attempt in China -- Are there productivity gains from insecticide applications in rice production? -- Social impacts of planthopper outbreaks in Thailand -- Future planthopper management: Increasing the resilience of rice systems. .
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands Imprint: Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 570 591.7 595.7 630; Life sciences; Agriculture; Animal ecology; Entomology; Planthoppers -- Control; Rice -- Diseases and pests -- Control; Life Sciences; Agriculture; Animal Ecology; Entomology; Agriculture; Animal ecology; Entomology; Life sciences; Planthoppers -- Control; Rice -- Diseases and pests -- Control; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9401795355; 9789401795357
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 6, 2014).
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