A sap-sucking insect (Nilaparvata lugens) that is the single most damaging insect pest of rice across South, Southeast and East Asia, feeding at the base of the plant and causing a rapid browning and collapse of rice hills known as hopperburn, in addition to transmitting rice ragged stunt and grassy stunt viruses. Its outbreaks are strongly linked to insecticide overuse, which kills the natural predators that normally keep its populations in check, and periodic resurgences have destroyed millions of hectares of rice across the region since the Green Revolution's intensification of rice cropping.
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Rice, Crops The brown planthopper is one of the most damaging insect pests of cultivated rice in Asia.
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The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) is a planthopper species that feeds on rice plants. These insects are among the most important pests of rice, which is the major staple crop for about half the world's population. They damage rice directly through feeding and also by transmitting two viruses, rice ragged stunt virus and rice grassy stunt virus. Up to 60% yield loss is common in susceptible rice cultivars attacked by the insect.
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A sap-sucking insect (Nilaparvata lugens) that is the single most damaging insect pest of rice across South, Southeast and East Asia, feeding at the base of the plant and causing a rapid browning and collapse of rice hills known as hopperburn, in addition to transmitting rice ragged stunt and grassy stunt viruses.
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