The field guide documents the community of insects that feed on rice in the tropical zone of Asia and complements the IRRI publication "Helpful insects, spiders, and pathogens: friends of the rice farmers." It covers 78 phytophagous species in 64 genera, 27 families, and 8 orders. The phytophage guild represents five groups-general defoliators, (27 species), plant suchers (25 species), early vegetative pests (11 species), soil pests (9 species), and stem borers (6 species). Stem borers and plant suckers comprise the major rice pests. A brief description of each insect's life stage and demage it does to the rice plant is presented for a quick and reliable identification.

The field guide documents the community of insects that feed on rice in the tropical zone of Asia and complements the IRRI publication "Helpful insects, spiders, and pathogens: friends of the rice farmers." It covers 78 phytophagous species in 64 genera, 27 families, and 8 orders. The phytophage guild represents five groups-general defoliators, (27 species), plant suchers (25 species), early vegetative pests (11 species), soil pests (9 species), and stem borers (6 species). Stem borers and plant suckers comprise the major rice pests. A brief description of each insect's life stage and demage it does to the rice plant is presented for a quick and reliable identification.

This book uses the unique expertise of leading rice entomologists from Africa, Asia and the Americas to provide the first global coverage of rice insect pests. The groups of insects discussed are : Root and stem feeders, Stem borers, Rice gall midges, Leafhoppers and planthoppers, Foliage feeders and, finally, Panicle feeders. The book concludes with a discussion of integrated management of insect pests.

Introduction; Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects; Natural enemies of West African rice-feeding insects; An illustrated key to the identification of selected West African rice insects and spiders.

Introduction; Predators; Parasites; Pathogens.

Whorl maggot; Trips; Stem borers; Gall midge; Brown planthopper; Whitebacked planthopper; Smaller browns planthopper, Rice delphacid; Green leafhopper; Zigzag leafhopper; Leaffolder; Caseworm; Rice bug; Armyworm; Cutworm; Greenhorned caterpillar; Green semilooper; Rice skipper; Crickets; Short-horned grassnopper; Ants; Mealybugs; Hispa; Leptispa; Mole cricket; Black bugs; Rats; Birds; Bacterial leaf blight; Leaf streak; Foot rot; Stripe; Blast; Sheath blight; False smut; Brown spot; Narrow brown leaf spot; Stem rot; Sheath rot; Index; Leaf scald; Bakanae and foot rot diseases; Gall dwarf; Grassy stunt; Hoja blanca; Orange leaf; Ragged stunt; Transitory yellowing; Tungro; Yellow dwarf; Yellow mottle; Stem nematode; Root-knot nematode; Cyperus difformis; Cyperus iria; Cyperus rotundus; Digitaria ciliaris; D. setigera; Echinochloa colona; Echinochloa crus-galli; E. glabrescens; Eleusine indica; Fimbristylis miliacea; Ipomoea aquatica; Ischaemum rugosum; Leptochloa chinensis; Monochoria vaginalis; Oryza sativa; Sphenoclea zeylanica; Nitrogen deficiency; Phosphorus deficiency; Potassium deficiency; Sulfur deficiency; Silicon deficiency; Zinc deficiency; Salinity; Alkalinity; Iron toxicity; Peat (organic0; Boron toxicity; Aluminum toxicity; Manganese toxicity.