Abstract: Golden apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata, has invaded to China for nearly four decades, and caused serious harm to rice production in the southern regions of Yangtze River. Some palliative and surface strategies have been used to control P. canaliculata, including locally separate control, temporary control in crop growing season, single countermeasure control, and individual farming household control. All those method showed no good controlling effect on golden apple snail, the invasion of which is becoming more and more serious. Here, we put forward an all-round comprehensive controlling technical system which covers whole watershed, whole farming process, all-time and all-weather, and all-measures. Meanwhile, from the beginning to post-harvest of rice production, related key techniques and methods to control the snail were summarized and reviewed. Finally, we proposed research prospects on innovations in prediction, warning and emergency prevention and controlling system of snail breakout, environment-friendly controlling techniques, and key techniques for resource-based use of P. canaliculata.

Key words: TRMM, CMORPH, PERSIANN, seasonal variation, Circum-Bohai-Sea Region., performance evaluation