BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF RICE INSECTS

A comprehensive treatment of rice entomology. The contributors, drawn from various related disciplines, discuss the fundamentals of rice entomology, the biology and ecology of rice insects, and the various techniques of rice insect control, namely host plant resistance, cultural, mechanical, and physical controls, predators and parasitoids, pathogens, and insecticides. The volume also traces the development and implementation of rice insect management systems designed for Japan and Latin America. Published for the International Rice Research Institute, Manila. Printed in India on acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

E. A. Heinrichs is an entomologist with expertise in IPM. His research focus has been on the integration of resistant crop varieties with other control tactics in pest management systems. His crop emphasis has been tropical rice. He has worked in many countries and has long-term experience in agricultural development programs in Asia, South America and Africa. E. A. Heinrichs is Interim Program Director of the IPM CRSP. He has expertise in the development of IPM training programs and Farmer Field Schools for extending agricultural technology to extension workers and farmers. His research has been published in more than 300 scientific articles, and he is the author of nine books.