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n. - Any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects

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  • Widlife has received permission to release one of these bugs called a planthopper into Lake Corpus Christi and Choke Canyon Reservoir.
  • The short stature, highly tillering new rice varieties contributed to outbreaks of the brown planthopper in some Asian countries.
  • The situation for rice pests is considered, particularly the application of weather data to forecasting outbreaks of brown planthopper.
  • · A trial in the Philippines where rice fields sprayed with neem oil had significantly lower incidence of the ragged-stunt virus, which affects rice and is transmitted by the...
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