LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Philippines — Brown planthopper (BPH), a major rice pest which causes extensive damage and losses, has resurfaced, creating a major source of stress and anxiety for farmers.

In the absence of natural enemies, the population of pests like brown planthopper will flare up and result in crop damage,” Ms. Smitha warned. Officials said that daily monitoring and ...

Scientists at Washington State University and China Jiliang University have discovered that the quality of the host rice plant determines whether the brown planthopper, a major pest on rice in ...

"These insects include several economically important pest species, including the brown planthopper, which is one of the most serious pests on rice in the developing world," said co-author Dr ...

While the farmers in Tiruvannamalai are yet to recover from the loss caused due to the outbreak of brown planthopper disease ( pugaiyan) in the last Navarai season, paddy crops in about 500 acres ...

like the brown planthopper with the help of their natural enemies. They've discovered that a particular species of hunting spider is highly-effective at keeping populations of the pests under ...

Not much is known about the genus of planthopper known as Conosimus ... which are usually light brown or light-brown yellowish. However, Conosimus baenai has light yellow or greenish-yellow ...

ROURKELA: The district agriculture authorities of Sundargarh are on alert after reports of brown planthopper (BPH) attack in two blocks of neighbouring Jharsuguda. Around 15 hectare (ha ...

Planthoppers cause massive damage to the rice fields there ... showed that Mops plicatus feeds on planthoppers, including the brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) and the white-backed ...