The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) looks as cute as its name sounds. It has gorgeous polka-dot wings, with scarlet ...

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 ...

image: A small brown planthopper -- a member of a species known for being a major carrier of rice stripe virus -- feeding on a rice plant. view more Credit: Junjie Zhu Researchers from the Chinese ...

“I was studying 3D images of planthoppers that I had collected using X ... “These insects include several economically important pest species, including the brown planthopper, which is one of the most ...

"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 ...

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Zoology have discovered how a severe rice virus reproduces inside the small brown planthopper, a major carrier of the virus.

Researchers have discovered how a severe rice virus reproduces inside the small brown planthopper, a major carrier of the virus. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of ...