Review on Researches into Outbreaks and Management of Rice Planthoppers

Author of the article:Lv Jin, Zhu Zeng-rong. Lou Yong-geng, Cheng Jia-an

Author's Workplace：Institute of Insect SciencesZhejiang University

Key Words：Rice planthoppers, virus diseases, outbreak, research progresses, sustainable management

Abstract：The three rice planthopper species, including Small brown planthopper, Brown planthopper and White-backed planthopper, with the five transmitted virus diseases have been becoming major pests sequentially since 1960s, the frequent outbreaks caused serious yield losses and threaten food security in the world. Having looked up papers formally published in domestic and foreign databases, we compared temporal dynamics of papers published annually on each planthopper species and papers published every 10 years on 5 main biological areas related to rice planthoppers, respectively; introduced main research progresses made in the past half century; discussed main problems in rice planthopper researches and proposed suggestions for further researches to develop sustainable management programs for rice planthoppers within sustainable intensification rice production systems.