ntegrated pest management (IPM) provides a long-term strategy for minimizing losses caused by pests, with as little cost to the grower and disruption of the environment as possible. Written by a collaboration of experts in the field, this detailed manual is designed to help growers apply IPM principles in managing their rice crops. What's Inside? Special sections on crop growth and development and general management practices offer vital background information on using IPM strategies. The chapter on “Managing Pests in Rice” provides a detailed chart of management considerations that will help you plan your IPM program and predict or prevent potential problems before they occur. Vibrant and colorful photographs and descriptions fill the pest sections (weeds, invertebrates, diseases, and vertebrates) to help identify pests and pest damage. An informative glossary is available for looking up definitions of unfamiliar terms. What's new in the 3rd Edition? New exotic pest discussionNew detecting, confirming, and managing herbicide resistance sections21 new photos added for diseases, weeds, and vertebratesColor illustrationsNew life cycle illustrations for each disease3 new diseases and 4 new weeds, including Bakanae, Rice Blast, and Red Rice

Rice plant structure and growth stages. Insect pests of rice. Soil pests. Pests at the vegetative stage. Pests at the reproductive. Rice diseases. Weed pestes of rice. Identification and ecology of common weeds in rice. Methods of wees control. Biology and management of riceland rats in Southeast Asia. Management in Southeast Asia. Cultural control. Resistant rice varieties. Diseases races and insect biotypes. Biological control of rice insect pests. Parasistas. Predators. Pesticides. Integration of control meanures for all rice pests. Implementation of integrated pest management strategies.

The four-day international Conference on Pest Management in Rice, which is the subject of this volume, was the third in an ongoing series of meetings on tropical crops organised by the Pesticides Group of the Society of Chemical Industry, London. The participants came from both the public and private sectors and from many different countries. All the major groups of pests-weeds, microorganisms, arthropods and rodents-were considered, as the organisers believe that it is necessary to address the total pest management problems in each particular growing area, and the variety of the papers indicates the importance of a multi disciplinary approach to their solution. Rice is one of the most important world crops and is the major source of food for around 60% of the world's population, with a world production of 500 million tonnes from 150 million hectares of land. Since world stocks amount to only two months supply, many people are at risk from famine. Moreover, it has been esti mated that the world requirement in 2020 will be about 760 million tonnes, an increase of 50%. This pressure of population on food makes efficient pest management vital and is the reason for bringing together experts from all over the world to this major conference.

Significance of weeds in rice farming; Rice weeds of world importance; Weed control; Principles of herbicide use; Principal rice herbicides; Weed control in irrigated rice; Weed control in rainfed lowland rice; Weed control in upland rice; Weed control in deepwater and floating rice; Management of some difficult weeds.

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.