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Rice insect pests and their management / professor E.A. Heinrichs [and 4 others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heinrichs, E. A., author.
- Series:
- Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; Number 050.
- Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 2059-6944 ; Number 050
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rice--Diseases and pests--Control.
- Rice.
- Insect pests--Control.
- Insect pests.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (348 paoges) : illustrations (some color), photographs, tables.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2017.
- Summary:
- This book uses the unique expertise of leading rice entomologists from Africa, Asia and the Americas to provide the first global coverage of rice insect pests. The groups of insects discussed are : Root and stem feeders, Stem borers, Rice gall midges, Leafhoppers and planthoppers, Foliage feeders and, finally, Panicle feeders. The book concludes with a discussion of integrated management of insect pests.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: root and stem feeders
- chapter 2 Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: stem borers and rice gall midges
- chapter 3 Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: leafhoppers and planthoppers
- chapter 4 Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: foliage feeders
- chapter 5 Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: panicle feeders
- chapter 6 Integrated pest management (IPM) of rice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78676-198-X
- 1-351-11424-7
- 1-78676-199-8
- 9781351114240
- OCLC:
- 1014001254
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