Monthly Archives: August 2009

Rice planthopper outbreaks in Bangladesh

Posted on August 20, 2009 by moni

by Z Islam and Sheikh Shamiul Haque 61 Coleman Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4C 1P8, Canada Formerly of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), now freelance wildlife researcher in collaboration with ICUN and University of Toronto, … Continue reading →

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Yunnan, China infested by the white backed planthoppers (WBPH)

Posted on August 18, 2009 by moni

by Jiaan Cheng Professor, Zhejiang University Hangzhou, PR China Yunnan province is situated in the Southern Western part of China. The main agricultural activity there is tobacco but rice is an important food crop grown in about 1 million ha. … Continue reading →

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Possible resistance to insecticides, imidacloprid and fipronil developing in Guilin, China

Posted on August 14, 2009 by moni

by Zhongxian Lu, Deputy Director, Institute of  Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (ZAAS), Hangzhou, China Yan  Ling, Liping Long,  Institute of  Plant Protection, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GXAAS), Nanning, China, and Patrick Garcia, Research Assistant, … Continue reading →

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