Contents
Chapter 1: Biology, Morphoforms, Biotypes and Migration 1
Chapter 2: Ecology and Population Dynamics of BPH 28
Chapter 3: “Water balance”, Vital for BPH Life and Biology 65
Chapter 4: Frequent and Severe BPH Out-Breaks after Rice Revolution: A Critical Analysis 73
Chapter 5: Host Plant Resistance to BPH 94
Chapter 6: Natural Enemies of BPH: Bio-ecology and Toxicology 116
Chapter 7: Use of Insecticides for BPH Management 158
Chapter 8: Dynamics of Insecticides Applied to Rice Ecosystem and their Effect on BPH 206
Chapter 9: BPH Nervous System- theSeat of Activity of many Insecticides and Site of Mechanisms of Resistance 232
Chapter 10: Buprofezin: Physiological Mode of Action in BPH and Likely Mechanisms of Resistance Development 288
Chapter 11: Insecticide Resistance in BPH and WBPH 344
Chapter 12: Insecticide Induced Resurgence in BPH and WBPH 408
Chapter 13: Future Research on BPH 453
Chapter 14: How Diversity in Humans, Rice and BPH can Influence BPH Management? 474
