Rice Pest Science and Management: Selected Papers from the International Rice Research Conference

Management strateries for key insect pest of rice: critical issues; Cropping practices, pest profiles, and yields in farmers'fields: a case study in Central Luzon; Use of geographical information systems to analyze large area movement and dispersal of rice insects in South Korea; Rice peste management in India; Strategies for minimizing the vulnerability of rice to pest epidemics; Effects of crop intensification on pathogen evolution; Influence of mineral nutrition of rice on disease development; Advances in modeling multiple insect-disease-weed effects on rice and implications for research; Nematode ecology, economic importance, and management of rice ecosystems in South and Southeast Asia;DNA-based techniques for control of rice insects and diseases: trans-formation, gene tagging, and DNA fingerprinting; The use of molecular markers to characterize pathogen populations and sources of disease resistance; Techniques to manage pathogen coevolution with host plants to prolong resistance; Biological control in rice: applications and research needs; Weed management and changes in rice production practices; Reduced herbicide use for weed control in irrigated rice in Korea; Policy and research strategies to reduce herbicide use in northern Europe; Impact of pesticides on soil and water microflora and faune in wetland ricefields; Impact of pesticides on farmer health: a medical and economic analysis.