Research required urgently to control planthopper pests
Monday, June 23, 2008 - 10:42
in Mathematics & Economics
June 23-25 conference to address major threat to Asian rice production A small insect that has devastated millions of hectares of rice in southern China and Vietnam over the past few years—causing the loss of thousands of tons of the grain at a crucial time for global production—is the focus of a critical and timely conference this week in the Philippines.