Resurrecting the ghost of green revolutions past: The brown planthopper as a recurring threat to high-yielding rice production in tropical Asia

DG Bottrell, KG Schoenly - Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 2012 - Elsevier
The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), which periodically erupted in
tropical Asian rice before the 1960s, became a major threat after farmers adopted green …

The role of biodiversity in the dynamics and management of insect pests of tropical irrigated rice—a review

MJ Way, KL Heong - Bulletin of Entomological Research, 1994 - cambridge.org
Biodiversity relevant to pest management of tropical irrigated rice pests is discussed in terms
of variation within rice plants, rice fields, groups of rice fields and rice associated …

Parasitoids of Asian rice planthopper (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) pests and prospects for enhancing biological control by ecological engineering

GM Gurr, J Liu, DMY Read, JLA Catindig… - Annals of applied …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The brown planthopper (BPH) Nilaparvata lugens, whitebacked planthopper (WBPH)
Sogatella furcifera and smaller BPH Laodelphax striatellus increasingly exhibit resistance to …

Population dynamics of plant-and leafhoppers and their natural enemies in rice ecosystems in the Philippines

KL Heong, GB Aquino, AT Barrion - Crop protection, 1992 - Elsevier
The population dynamics of plant-and leafhoppers and associated predators and
parasitoids at five rice sites in the Philippines, are compared. Twelve species of …

Food web dynamics of irrigated rice fields at five elevations in Luzon, Philippines

K Schoenly, JE Cohen, KL Heong… - Bulletin of …, 1996 - cambridge.org
The above-water food webs of arthropod communities in irrigated rice fields on Luzon
Island, Philippines, were studied over the growing season at five sites (Los Baños …

Impact of insecticides on herbivore-natural enemy communities in tropical rice ecosystems

KL Heong, KG Schoenly - Ecotoxicology: Pesticides and beneficial …, 1998 - Springer
Today, rice pest management in tropical Asia is strongly influenced by the agrochemical era
of the 1960s and 1970s. Prophylactic insecticide campaigns were components of rice …

Hopper parasitoids do not significantly benefit from non-crop habitats in rice production landscapes

C Sann, P Theodorou, KL Heong, S Villareal… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2018 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification threatens biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Promoting
ecosystem services, such as biological pest control, could help to reduce pesticide inputs …

Host-parasitoid extinction and colonization in a fragmented prairie landscape

JT Cronin - Oecologia, 2004 - Springer
Few field studies of natural populations have examined the factors influencing local
extinctions and colonization of empty habitat patches for a prey species and its predator. In …

Effects of Different Nutritional Conditions on the Growth and Reproduction of Nilaparvata lugens (Stål)

K Kang, Y Cai, L Yue, W Zhang - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Growth and reproduction are the two most basic life processes of organisms and the
distribution of energy in these processes is a core issue of the life history of organisms …

Managing rice pests with less chemicals

KL Heong, PS Teng, K Moody - GeoJournal, 1995 - Springer
Losses caused by pests remain an important constraint to achieving high rice yields.
Potentials of protecting these losses have stimulated innovations in pesticide development …