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Welcome The advancing invasion of several Pomacea
species and the damage that these snails can cause to the food production
(mainly rice), makes it more and more important to focus on good pest
management. Delivering adequate information about apple snails, and improving
knowledge about pest management is essential to control this growing threat.
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OFF-SEASON MORTALITY OF GOLDEN APPLE SNAIL,
POMACEA CANALICULATA (LAMARCK) AND ITS MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS Ranee Enriquez Joshi Thesis submitted to the faculty of USHS, CLSU in
partial fulfillment of the University Science High School |
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Golden kuhol/ snail paddy weeding Golden apple snail/ golden kuhol paddy-weeding in lowland irrigated transplanted rice systems. Recommended links: |
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Request for information Can anyone tell me if there is any published or
unpublished information about the utilization of invasive alien molluscs
species, golden apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata for aqua-feed,
and for ornamental fishes, please? I am particularly Dr. R. C. Joshi |
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The Golden Apple Snail (GAS): CD-ROM is available! The Golden Apple Snail (GAS)-- Alien Invasive Species
infesting rice and aquatic crops, Pomacea spp. CD-ROM will be on sale
soon and it will be handled by the Agricultural Librarian Association
of the Philippines (ALAP). Please let Ms. Elaine E. Joshi (E-mail: ejoshi@philrice.gov.ph)
know if you are interested in this GAS:CD-ROM. She will inform ALAP of
your interest and it will be attended to it at the Dr. R. C. Joshi |
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE SPECIAL WORKING GROUP ON THE GOLDEN APPLE SNAIL (POMACEA SPP.) The Seventh International Congress on Medical and Applied Malacology (7th ICMAM) Los Baños, Laguna, SEAMEO Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Philippines
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Tagalog version of the golden
apple snail management guide The English
version of the golden apple snail (GAS) PhilRice technology bulletin
has been translated
into Tagalog by Dr. Arsenia G. Cagauan, Dr. Belen Morallo-Rejesus
and Ms. Evelyn M. Valdez. |
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Thai version of the golden
apple snail management guide The English version of the golden apple snail (GAS) PhilRice technology bulletin has been translated into Thai by Miss Chompoonut. |
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Chinese version of the golden
apple snail management guide The English version of the golden apple snail (GAS) PhilRice technology bulletin has been translated into Chinese by Dr. YU Xiaoping and Dr. CHEN Jianming. |
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Spanish version of the golden
apple snail management guide The English version of the golden apple snail (GAS) PhilRice technology bulletin has been translated into Spanish by Mr. Jorge Luis Alonso Gonzalez. |
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Indonesian version of the golden
apple snail management guide The English version of the golden apple snail (GAS) PhilRice technology bulletin has been translated into Indonesian by Ms. Hendarsih Suharto. |
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Vietnamese version of the golden
apple snail management guide The English version of the golden apple snail (GAS) PhilRice technology bulletin has been translated into Vietnamese by GAS researcher, Mr. Cuong. (also in PDF format) |
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Request for pest management information If anyone has good suggestions about golden apple snails pest management, please Especially suggestions/non-published material in the field of natural (botanical) derived pesticides and vector (parasite) based methods are very welcome. |
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The
fire ant as biological control agent? Can the fire ant be used as a biological method to control Pomacea canaliculata populations in the Asian rice fields? The observation that the fire ant Solenopsis geminata predates on the eggs of the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata suggest a possible use of this ant as a biological agent. However, cautions should be taken in this approach as the fire ant can become a pest itself. |
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Long-horned
grasshoppers (Conocephalous longipennis) eat golden kuhol eggs The long-horned grasshopper (Conocephalous longipennis de Haan), locally known as tipaklong na mahaba ang sungot, is reported to predate on the eggs of the golden kuhol snail. The news article recommends that rice farmers should be informed on the importance of conserving egg predators such as the long-horned grasshoppers. |
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