Widlife has received permission to release one of these bugs called a planthopper into Lake Corpus Christi and Choke Canyon Reservoir. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories] Reference
The short stature, highly tillering new rice varieties contributed to outbreaks of the brown planthopper in some Asian countries. From Wordnik.com. [1. Green manure crops in irrigated and rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems in south Asia.] Reference
The situation for rice pests is considered, particularly the application of weather data to forecasting outbreaks of brown planthopper. From Wordnik.com. [1. Designing integrated pest management for sustainable and productive futures.] Reference
· 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 brown planthopper. From Wordnik.com. [6 Effects on Other Organisms] Reference
According to materials published by the Rudong Botanic Protection Station in Jiangsu Province, in rice-fish fields there were 100 nest of rice planthopper with 984 eggs, compared with 4468 eggs in fields without fish. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Brown planthopper infestation in paddy fileds at Enamakkal. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Rice shortage to hit Bengal] Reference
This planthopper was photographed during a frogging session at Sinharaja. From Wordnik.com. [Kottu] Reference
The disease-causing organism that the planthopper injects into the plant as it feeds is sometimes referred to as a "primitive" bacterium because it is a "wall-less" prokaryote. From Wordnik.com. [naplesnews.com Stories] Reference
Much like the malaria organism is spread or vectored by a mosquito from infected to healthy individuals, palm lethal yellowing disease is spread by a planthopper, a 3/16-inch-long insect. From Wordnik.com. [naplesnews.com Stories] Reference
The institute recommended that Thai farmers adopt pest-management practices such as growing plants between rice paddies that attract planthopper predators, such as spiders, crickets and parasitoids. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
The small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus) is an important agricultural pest that not only damages rice plants by sap-sucking, but also acts as a vector that transmits rice stripe virus (RSV), which can cause even more serious yield loss. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
The rice institute, based in the Philippines, also advised farmers not to apply fertilizer in excess because overfertilized crops tend to promote planthopper growth and to limit the use of pesticides to control leaf-eating insects because those products kill the planthoppers 'natural predators. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Neem cake (the residue left after oil has been removed from the kernel) has proved so successful that Philippine farmers are already using it on a trial basis against the brown planthopper (and other rice pests). (. From Wordnik.com. [5 Effects on Insects] Reference
Brown planthopper. From Wordnik.com. [5 Effects on Insects] Reference
(marigold) brown planthopper. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
(gabi planthopper). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
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