Number of documents: 22
A Comparison of Two IPM Training in China: The Importance of Concepts of the Rice Ecosystem for Sustainable Insect Pest Management
Case study
1998 - Agriculture and Human Values - James Mangan, Margaret S. Mangan
The present study in China of two Integrated Pest Management (IPM) training programs for farmers shows that one is more effective than the other in reducing pesticide applications as well as in imparting to farmers an understanding of the rice ecosystem. The two training programs are based upon two different [...]
English
Production system: Cereals
Managing Tropical Rice Pests Through Conservation of Generalist Natural Enemies and Alternative Prey
Technical background material
1996 - Ecological society of America - William Settle, Hartiahyo Ariawan, Endah Tri Astuti
The cultivation of tropical Asian rice, which may have originated 9000 yr ago, represents an agricultural ecosystem of unrivaled ecological complexity. We undertook a study of the community ecology of irrigated tropical rice fields on Java, Indonesia, as a supporting study for the Indonesian National Integrated Pest Management Programme, whose [...]
English
Production system: Legumes