Preliminary Investigation of Species Diversity of Rice Hopper Parasitoids in Southeast Asia.

ABSTRACT: Ongoing intensification of rice production systems in Southeast Asia is causing devastating yield losses each year due to rice hoppers. Their continuing development of immunity to resistant rice varieties and pesticide applications further complicates this problem. Hence, there is a high demand for biological control agents of rice hoppers. Egg parasitoid wasps are among the most important natural enemies of rice hoppers, such as Nilaparvata lugens and Nephotettix spp. However, our knowledge of their diversity is still very limited, due to their small size and the lack of available morphological information. Classifying these parasitoids is the first step to properly understanding their role in the rice agroecosystem. We used traditional morphological identification, as well

SUBMITTER: Sann C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5872284 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature