Addressing planthopper threats to Asian rice farming and food security: Fixing insecticide misuse

Rice Planthoppers: Ecology, Management, Socio Economics and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 65-76

  Heong, Kong Luen ^a   Wong, Larry ^b   Reyes, Joy Hasmin Delos ^c  

^a CABI Southeast and East Asia Regional Centre   (Malaysia)

^b Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^c ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Ecological services; Health and environmental costs; Insecticide marketing; Planthopper outbreaks; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944043095     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9535-7_3     Document Type: Chapter

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