Rodent management and cereal production in Asia: Balancing food security and conservation

GR Singleton, RP Lorica, NM Htwe… - Pest Management …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rodents present a major problem for food security in Asia where smallholder farming
families are particularly vulnerable. We review here recent developments in the biology and …

Multi-stakeholder working groups to improve rodent management outcomes in agricultural systems

PR Brown, P Giraudoux, J Jacob… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Rodent pests pose significant impacts to agricultural systems and public health globally.
Effective strategies for sustainable management while minimizing environmental impacts …

Outburst of pest populations in rice-based cropping systems under conservation agricultural practices in the middle Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia

R Kumar, JS Choudhary, JS Mishra, S Mondal… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Conservation agriculture (CA), which encompasses minimum soil disturbance, residue
retention either through crop residue, or cover crops and crop diversification-based crop …

Ecosystem services in paddy rice systems

P Chivenge, O Angeles, B Hadi, C Acuin… - The role of ecosystem …, 2020 - Elsevier
Paddy rice cropping systems are largely intensive with widespread use of modern high
yielding varieties, fertilizers, and agrochemicals, mostly characterized by rice monocropping …

Alternative domestic rodent pest management approaches to address the hazardous use of metal phosphides in low-and middle-income countries

AM Stuart, J Jacob, AM Awoniyi, F Costa, L Bosma… - Journal of Pest …, 2024 - Springer
Metal phosphides, particularly aluminium phosphide (AlP) and zinc phosphide (Zn3P2), are
widely used in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) as rodenticides in urban and …

Reproductive responses of rice field rats (Rattus argentiventer) following treatment with the contraceptive hormones, quinestrol and levonorgestrol

AM Stuart, NA HERAWATI, Risnelli… - Integrative …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rice field rat, Rattus argentiventer, is a significant pest of rice in Southeast Asia. Fertility
control methods have the potential to provide safe and effective alternatives to control …

Tailor-made solutions to tackle rodent pests of rice through community-based management approaches in Cambodia

AM Stuart, P Kong, R Then, RJ Flor, K Sathya - Crop Protection, 2020 - Elsevier
Rodents are a major pest of rice throughout Southeast Asia, causing both pre-and post-
harvest losses. In Cambodia, where 90% of the cultivated land is used for rice production …

Population recovery of a common vole population (Microtus arvalis) after population collapse

S Hein, J Jacob - Pest management science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Population collapses in small mammals occur naturally after natural
disasters and during multi‐annual population fluctuations as well as after man‐made …

The Enigma of Norbormide, a Rattus-Selective Toxicant

F Fusi, S Saponara, MA Brimble, D Rennison… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Norbormide (NRB) is a Rattus-selective toxicant, which was serendipitously discovered in
1964 and formerly marketed as an eco-friendly rodenticide that was deemed harmless to …

Interactions between rodents and weeds in a lowland rice agro‐ecosystem: the need for an integrated approach to management

NM Htwe, GR Singleton, DE Johnson - Integrative Zoology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Rodents and weeds are important pests to rice crops in Southeast Asia. The interaction
between these 2 major pests is poorly documented. In temperate cereal systems, seeds of …