Posted on February 25, 2010 by moni
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Zhongxian Lu, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (ZAAS), Hangzhou
Guihua Chen, Director, Plant Protection Station, Jinhua, Zhejiang
Xiaoming Yao, Researcher, Plant Protection Station, Jinhua, Zhejiang
Ecological engineering involves restoring floral biodiversity to provide resources for natural enemies. We established sesame plants along the bunds of a rice field of about 0.5 hectares and monitored the natural enemies. [...]
Filed under: Ecological engineering | Tagged: natural enemies on sesame plants on bunds, sesame on bunds have higher natural enemies | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 12, 2010 by moni
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Ho Van Chien
Director, Southern Regional Plant Protection Center
Long Dinh, Tien Giang, Vietnam
One hundred and twenty farmers and plant protection officials attended a field day organized by the Plant Protection Department to demonstrate the ecological engineering techniques being used in Cai Be. Among the officials were Dr Nguyen Huu Huan, Vice Director general of Plan [...]
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Posted on February 10, 2010 by moni
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K.L. Heong
Insect Ecologist
International Rice Research Institute
Los Baños, Philippines
On 9 February Bangkok Post reported that about B2bn is allocated to compensate farmers hit by the losses caused by BPH. The report is below and also available in http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/32588/state-to-pledge-b2bn-for-brown-planthopper-relief
This is about US$ 60.4 million based on today’s conversion rate of 1USD=33.1 baht. In the last 6 months, [...]
Filed under: Planthoppers | Tagged: compensation for Thai farmers hit by BPH, Thai farmers hit by BPH | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 8, 2010 by moni
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Wantana Sriratanasak and Sukanya Tepandung, Rice Department, Thailand
Patrick Garcia and Lilia Fabellar, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
BPMC or fenobucarb, a carbamate insecticide, has been used for rice planthopper control in Asia for the last 30 years. It is still in use nowadays so its toxicity to BPH was evaluated. The brown planthopper [...]
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