K. Heong

Publications
Influence

The role of biodiversity in the dynamics and management of insect pests of tropical irrigated rice—a review

M. Way, K. Heong
Biology
1 December 1994

P pest management of much tropical irrigated rice must be based on natural controls rarely supplemented by insecticides, and there is no evidence that a natural control-based approach, as recommended in this review, is incompatible with farmer practicability or with future developments in rice production.

Multi-country evidence that crop diversification promotes ecological intensification of agriculture

G. Gurr, Zhongxian Lu, K. Heong
Environmental Science
Nature Plants
22 February 2016

It is concluded that a simple diversification approach, in this case the growth of nectar-producing plants, can contribute to the ecological intensification of agricultural systems.

Parasitoids of Asian rice planthopper (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) pests and prospects for enhancing biological control by ecological engineering

G. Gurr, Jian Liu, K. Heong
Biology
1 March 2011

Although the most important pest, BPH (N. lugens), is a migratory species, maintaining local communities of parasitoids and other natural enemies offers scope to prevent even r-selected pests from reaching damaging population densities.

Genetic variation among Asian populations of rice planthoppers, Nilaparvata lugens and Sogatella furcifera (Hemiptera: Delphacidae): mitochondrial DNA sequences

J. Mun, Y. Song, K. Heong, G. Roderick
Biology
1 March 1999

Intraspecific variation in two species of delphacid planthoppers, Nilaparvata lugens and Sogatella furcifera Horvath, suggested that populations south of the Red River Valley in Vietnam experienced regular mixing and were distinct from populations to the north which contributed to yearly immigrations.