Rice Insect Pests and Their Management

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. Professor Michael J. Stout is L. D. Newsom Professor of Integrated Pest Management at Louisiana State University, USA. Dr Buyung A. R. Hadi is an Entomologist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), The Philippines. Dr Thais Freitas is a researcher at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

• 1. Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: root and stem feeders2. Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: stem borers and rice gall midges3. Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: leafhoppers and planthoppers4. Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: foliage feeders5. Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects: panicle feeders6. Integrated pest management (IPM) of rice

"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