Why read Rice Pests of Bangladesh?

Book cover of Rice Pests of Bangladesh: Their Ecology and Management

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Rice is the staple food crop of Bangladesh. During the last four decades rice production has been transformed from a low input, traditional system to an intensive, high- yielding system relying on high inputs which has strongly influenced the incidence and abundance of rice pests. At the same time and…

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1 author picked Rice Pests of Bangladesh as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

E.A. Heinrichs

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I love this book because it is the only book produced by a national rice research program that includes all the biotic factors limiting rice production: insect pests, vertebrates (rodents and birds), plant diseases (fungi, bacterial viral, and phytoplasma), nematodes and weeds. The distribution, damage, description, biology, and management are described for each pest. It also contains a chapter on yield loss, control strategies, and rice IPM.

The book is unique as it is the only one covering pests of deepwater and floating rice which are prevalent ecosystems in Bangladesh. A bibliography with an extensive list of references, an appendix,…

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