The feasibility of using vertical-looking radar to monitor the migration of brown planthopper and other insect pests of rice in China

Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-19

  Riley, Joe R ^a   Smith, A D ^a   Reynolds, D R ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brown planthopper; Flight; Migration; Radar; Rice pests

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750896140     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2003.tb00359.x     Document Type: Article

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