{"product_id":"biology-and-management-of-rice-insects-isbn-9780470218143","title":"Biology and Management of Rice Insects","description":"This book fills the need for a comprehensive treatment of rice entomology under one cover. The contributors to this book, 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. FUNDAMENTALS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rice (E. Heinrichs).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Taxonomy of Rice Insect Pests and Their Arthropod Parasites andPredators (A. Barrion \u0026amp; J. Litsinger).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Insect Pests of the Rice Plant--Their Biology and Ecology (D.Dale).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rice Pests and Agricultural Environments (M. Loevinsohn).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CONTROL TACTICS AND STRATEGIES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Host Plant Resistance (E. Heinrichs).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cultural, Mechanical, and Physical Control of Rice Insects (J.Litsinger).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Predators and Parasitoids of Rice Insect Pests (P. Ooi \u0026amp; B.Shepard).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pathogens of Rice Insects (M. Rombach, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Insecticide Management in Rice (S. Chelliah \u0026amp; M.Bharathi).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Integration of Rice Insect Control Strategies and Tactics (C.Smith).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Brown Planthopper: Promises, Problems, and Prospects (M.Rombach \u0026amp; K. Gallagher).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e IMPLEMENTATION OF RICE IPM SYSTEMS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Development and Implementation of Rice IPM in Japan (K. Kiritani\u0026amp; K. Naba).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Development of an Integrated Pest Management System for Rice inLatin America (G. Weber \u0026amp; O. Parada).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Indexes.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE. A. Heinrichs\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988836073701,"sku":"NP9780470218143","price":541.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470218143.jpg?v=1761781715","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/biology-and-management-of-rice-insects-isbn-9780470218143","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}