Rice Field Insects

The morphology and cultivation of rice; Classification, ecology and cultural control of rice pests; Pyralid stem borers: bionomics, damage and effects of insecticides; Pyralid stem borers: crambinae; Pyralid stem borers - Schoenobiinae; Phycitinae; Galleriinae, Pyraustinae and Anerastiinae; Noctuid stem borers; Cutworms, armyworms and other leaf-eating noctuids; Other leaf-eating lepidoptera; Plant bugs: hemiptera (rhynchota) heteroptera - unequal-winged bugs; Plant bugs and leaf hoppers; Coleopterous pests; Dipterous pests; Orthoptera and miscellaneous insect pests; Storage pests of paddy and rice; Protection of rice and paddy in storage; Non-insectan invertebrate pests; Vertebrate field pests.

Introduction; Predators; Parasites; Pathogens.

I. Fundamentals; II. Biology and ecology; III. Control tactics and strategies; IV. Implementation of rice IPM systems.

Rice stem borers. Population dynamics of rice stem borers. Physiology of rice stem borers: Losses caused by rice stem borers. Chemical control of rice stem borers. Cultural, varietal, and biological control of rice stem borers. Taxonomy, distribuition, host range, life cycle, and control of rice gall midges, rice leafhoppers, and rice lugs. Present status of work on major rice insects (by country).

This book uses the unique expertise of leading rice entomologists from Africa, Asia and the Americas to provide the first global coverage of rice insect pests. The groups of insects discussed are : Root and stem feeders, Stem borers, Rice gall midges, Leafhoppers and planthoppers, Foliage feeders and, finally, Panicle feeders. The book concludes with a discussion of integrated management of insect pests.