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 …

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 …

1. Recent efforts to understand how the patterning of interaction strength affects both
structure and dynamics in food webs have highlighted several obstacles to productive …

Less than two decades ago, the world was focusing on the impending food crisis across
Asia, which was given little hope of ever being able to meet its rapidly growing food demand …

▪ Abstract Abundant natural enemies in tropical Asian irrigated rice usually prevent
significant insect pest problems. Integrated pest management (IPM) extension education of …

Many farmers in South and Southeast Asia describe rice tungro disease as a cancer disease
because of the severe damage it causes and the difficulty of controlling it (121). As the most …

Natural pest control services maintain the stability of agricultural systems worldwide and are
crucial for food security, rural household incomes, and national incomes in many countries …

Hailed as the single most important paper published on crop protection in the 20th century,
Stern et al. in 1959 formed the conceptual basis for modern integrated pest management …

Rice is a staple food and the foundation of national stability and economic growth in many
developing countries. Rice pests are major biotic constraints limiting rice production …

How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the
African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells …