Rice planthoppers: A China problem under the international perspectives
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Key Words： rice planthoppers, China problem, international perspectives
Abstract：Rice in Japan has been damaged by rice planthoppers since about AD 700 and the Japanese have studied these pests for more than a hundred years. Meanwhile, rice entomologists and ecologists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have applied ecological approaches to hopper suppression for nearly 40 years. Rice planthoppers are clearly an international problem; because hopper source populations are on the Indo-Chinese Peninsular we need to go abroad to collect first-hand data and cooperate with source countries such as Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. However, the rice planthopper problem is also a local Chinese problem and our specific local conditions require us to explore the ecological management of the ricehoppers by ourselves. Ultimately, the solution to the rice planthopper problem in China will have to be a local one. Achieving this goal requires us to change the current research paradigm to investigate and resolve rice planthopper problems in China under local condition while keeping an international perspective