New Strategies in Locust Control

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Stephan Krall, R. Peveling, B.D. Diallo
Springer Science & Business Media, 1 de dez. de 1997 - 522 páginas

In the late eighties large-scale control operations were carried out to control a major desert locust upsurge in Africa. For the first time since the banning of organochlorine pesticides these operations relied mainly on non-persistent pesticides such as organophosphates and pyrethroids. The amount of pesticides sprayed and the area covered were probably the highest in the history of locust control and raised criticism with respect to efficacy, economic viability and environmental impact.

As a consequence, applied research into the problem was intensified, both at the national and the international level, with the goal of finding new and environmentally sound approaches and solutions to locust and grasshopper control. Emphasis was laid on developing new control agents and techniques.

 

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Evaluating recent locust research
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observations in West Africa from 1990 to 1994
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a researchers view
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A geographic information system for desert locust forecasting
27
Mapping of desert locust habitats using remote sensing techniques
37
Verticallooking radar as a means to improve forecasting and control of desert locusts
47
the role of remotely sensed rainfall data
55
Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the population dynamics of the Senegalese grasshopper Oedaleus senegalensis
63
Carbosulfan an effective new product for locust control
249
Staurorhectus longicornis Giglio Tos a recently appearing pest species on pastures in the dry Chaco of Paraguay and semifield tests for its control
251
Mechanical control of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria Forskal 1775
253
Results and recommendations of the working group Control agents and methods
257
Results and recommendations of the working group Control agents and methods
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Pyrgomorphidae and offer new means for management
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Attraction and diurnal behaviour of the African pest grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus L at oviposition sites
281
Potential for the use of semiochemicals against Locusta migratoria migratorioides R F
289

Modelling brown locust outbreaks in relation to rainfall and temperature
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spatial structures their dynamics and early warning systems
70
Forecasting seasonal dynamics of the Asiatic migratory locust using the Locusta migratoria migratoria Phragmites australis forecasting system
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a synoptic model for surveillance and early warning specific to the desert locust over the whole of its distribution habitat
93
Results and recommendations of the working group Forecasting and modelling
99
Overview and challenges of new control agents
105
Field investigations on Schistocerca gregaria Forskal adults hoppers and hopper bands
117
Persistence of benzoylphenylureas in the control of the migratory locust Locusta migratoria capita Sauss in Madagascar
129
Evaluation of insect growth regulators for the control of the African migratory locust Locusta migratoria migratorioides R F in Central Africa
137
Field application of the juvenile hormone analogue fenoxycarb against hopper bands of Locusta migratoria capita in Madagascar
143
New approaches in the development of a biopreparation based on blastospores
151
recent results in the control of locusts and grasshoppers
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Smallscale field trials with entomopathogenic fungi against Locusta migratoria capita in Madagascar and Oedaleus senegalensis in Cape Verde
171
Development of a mycoinsecticide for the Australian plague locust
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a natural insecticide against desert locusts
183
Potential for Melia volkensii fruit extract in the control of locusts
191
Field trials with neem oil and Melia volkensii extracts on Schistocerca gregaria
199
Locust control by means of selective baiting
207
Neurotransmitterreceptors as targets for new insecticides
217
Mass production of Metarhizium flavoviride in submerged culture using waste products
225
Field trails conducted on a biopesticide Metarhizium flavoviride for grasshopper control in Mali from 1992 to 1994
229
a joint project for the biological control of locusts and grasshoppers in the Sahel
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Application of an oilbased formulation containing spores of an entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium flavoviride against grasshoppers in the Sahel
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developing indigenous pathogens
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Preliminary investigations on the combination of Metarhizium flavoviride blastospores with botanicals neem Melia volkensii for biological locust con...
237
Sorosporella sp a fungal pathogen of the migratory locust Locusta migratoria capita in Madagascar
241
The problem of a replacement for dieldrin
245
Locust control with deltamethrin
247
Alternative strategy and tactics for the management of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria Forsk
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the present situation
309
Electrophysiological studies of Schistocerca gregaria Forsk with volatile compounds
321
state of the art and perspectives
327
research approaches used by the Locustox project in Senegal
333
Sideeffects of the insect growth regulator triflumuron on spiders
341
Sideeffects of insecticides on nontarget arthropods in Burkina Faso
357
Susceptibility of target acridoids and nontarget organisms to Metarhizium anisopliae and M flavoviride
365
a summary of five years of research
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relative abundance of nontarget invertebrates following barrier treatment
381
Impact of deltamethrin on the parasitic locust fly Wohlfahrtia pachytyli
385
The dissipation of certain insecticides in the environment of the Sahel
387
Results and recommendations of the working group Environmental impact
391
Economics of desert locust control
397
a new assessment method
409
Comparison of the costs of barrier and blanket treatments using insect growth regulators in Madagascar
419
Economics and practicalities of migratory locust hopper band control using barriers of insect growth regulator
427
Desert locust control strategies
439
Can we prevent desert locust plagues?
447
strategic framework for todays reality
455
Towards an integrated strategy for the control of the desert locust
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strategy organisation and means
469
Strategy for controlling the desert locust in Mauritania
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strategies and perspectives
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A new approach to the control of Rhammatocerus schistocercoides Rehn 1906 in Brazil
499
Results and recommendations of the working group Management strategies Working group 1
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Subject index
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