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Chapter 2. Classification, ecology and control of rice pests. Pages 17-38. In: D. H. Grist, R. J. A. W. Lever. 1969. Pests of rice. London: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd. 520 pages.
Keywords: insect taxonomy, insect orders and families, insect ecology, rainfall, humidity, temperature, wind, sunlight, snow, general climatic factors, pest control in relation to cultural practices, cultural control, uniformity of planting, synchronous planting, intensive cropping, flooding, drainage, plowing, weeding and stubble removal, manuring, crop rotation, resistant varieties, host plant resistance, environment, life cycles of rice pests, seasonality of pest populations, outbreaks, population fluctuations