Posted on August 20, 2009 by moni
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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, Canada and Entomology Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Gazipur 1701, Bangladesh
In the months [...]
Filed under: Planthoppers | Tagged: rice planthopper outbreaks in Bangladesh, rice planthoppers in Bangladesh | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 18, 2009 by moni
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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. Their average rice yield is 6 tons/ha and most farmers have adopted hybrid rice varieties.
Early planthopper immigrants were [...]
Filed under: Insecticide resistance, Planthoppers | Tagged: white backed planthopper, Yunnan infested by WBPH | 5 Comments »
Posted on August 14, 2009 by moni
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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, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines and
K.L. Heong, Insect Ecologist, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, [...]
Filed under: Insecticide resistance | Tagged: Insecticide resistance, insecticide resistance in Guilin, resistance to fipronil, resistance to imidacloprid | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 10, 2009 by moni
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Somsak Thongdeethae, Director, Chainat Rice Research Center, Rice Department, Thailand and K.L. Heong, Insect Ecologist, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
Thailand’s central plains produce about 30% of Thailand’s total rice. Rice is grown intensively in most of the irrigated areas here. Farmers either grow 3 crops a year or 5 crops in [...]
Filed under: Ecological engineering, Insecticide resistance, Planthoppers | Tagged: hopperburn in Thailand | 5 Comments »
