Ecological Engineering Strategies to Manage Insect Pests in Rice

Biodiversity and Insect Pests: Key Issues for Sustainable Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 214-229

  Gurr, Geoff M ^a   Heong, K L ^b   Cheng, J A ^c   Catindig, J ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

'top down' control of rice planthopper pest; Ecological engineering in rice; Ecological engineering strategies, insect pests in rice; FMCGS; Predator build up on detritivore; Resistance 'breakdown'; Strategies, encouraging specialist natural enemies; The Philippines, and insecticide free rice; Three planks, ecological engineering in rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870244216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118231838.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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