USU and Taiwanese Researchers Publish Paper on Planthopper Pests

October 11, 2022

USU and Taiwanese researchers published a study about how climate variability affects southern Taiwan's rice pest planthoppers. In the publication titled "Climate Variability Shifting Immigrated Rice Planthoppers in Taiwan", USU and Taiwanese scientists from the Agricultural Research Institute, NCHU, and National Taiwan Normal University analyzed 40 years of airborne net trap data of rice planthoppers collected in Southwest Taiwan. They found that the pests’ yearly population resembles a signature climate pattern in the global oceans with robust multi-decadal variability.