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Rice insect pests and their management

Code: 9781786761965
Publication Date: 16/06/2017
Extent: 292 pages
Series No: 50

Professor Elvis A. Heinrichs, Dr Francis E. Nwilene, Professor Michael Stout, Dr Buyung A. R. Hadi and Dr Thais Freitas

Description

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.

Key Features

  • Covers almost 100 species of the most important insect pests affecting rice cultivation
  • Brings together the key research on each pest, includingdescription and biology and effects on rice plants
  • Written by a team of leading entomologists withexperience of rice pests in Asia, Africa, the United Statesand Latin America
  • Includes over 150 photographs and images

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Table of Contents

1. Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: root and stem feeders
2. Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: stem borers and rice gall midges
3. Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: leafhoppers and planthoppers
4. Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: foliage feeders
5. Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: panicle feeders
6. Integrated pest management (IPM) of rice

About the Author(s)

Dr E. A. “Short” Heinrichs is Emeritus Associate Director, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Emeritus Adjunct Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. He is also Chair, Asia Rice Foundation USA (ARFUSA) and Secretary General, International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences (IAPPS). His specialty is rice entomology having served as Head of the Departments of Entomology at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines and Louisiana State University and Program Leader at the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa.

Dr Francis E. Nwilene is Regional Representative for The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), based in Nigeria. Dr Nwilene was formerly Head of Entomology at the West African Rice Development Association (WARDA) and Vice-President of the African Association of Insect Scientists (AAIS).

Professor Michael J. Stout is L. D. Newsom Professor of Integrated Pest Management at Louisiana State University, USA. Professor Stout has published widely on rice insect pests in the United States.

Dr Buyung A. R. Hadi is an Entomologist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), The Philippines. Dr Hadi is an internationally-acknowledged expert on rice insect pests in Asia.

Dr Thais Freitas is a researcher at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and former agronomist at the Instituto Rio Grandense do Arroz (IRGA) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Her research has focussed on insect pests of rice in Latin America.

What others are saying about this book...

"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)

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