New Strategies in Locust ControlStephan Krall, R. Peveling, B.D. Diallo 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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Contents
Evaluating recent locust research | 3 |
observations in West Africa from 1990 to 1994 | 9 |
a researchers view | 21 |
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 | 251 |
Staurorhectus longicornis Giglio Tos a recently appearing pest species on pastures in the dry Chaco of Paraguay and semifield tests for its control | 253 |
Mechanical control of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria Forskal 1775 | 255 |
Results and recommendations of the working group Control agents and methods | 259 |
Results and recommendations of the working group Control agents and methods | 263 |
Pyrgomorphidae and offer new means for management | 267 |
Attraction and diurnal behaviour of the African pest grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus L at oviposition sites | 283 |
Potential for the use of semiochemicals against Locusta migratoria migratorioides R F | 293 |
Modelling brown locust outbreaks in relation to rainfall and temperature | 69 |
spatial structures their dynamics and early warning systems | 71 |
Forecasting seasonal dynamics of the Asiatic migratory locust using the Locusta migratoria migratoria Phragmites australis forecasting system | 81 |
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 | 159 |
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 | 177 |
a natural insecticide against desert locusts | 185 |
Potential for Melia volkensii fruit extract in the control of locusts | 193 |
Field trials with neem oil and Melia volkensii extracts on Schistocerca gregaria | 201 |
Locust control by means of selective baiting | 209 |
Neurotransmitterreceptors as targets for new insecticides | 219 |
Mass production of Metarhizium flavoviride in submerged culture using waste products | 227 |
Field trails conducted on a biopesticide Metarhizium flavoviride for grasshopper control in Mali from 1992 to 1994 | 231 |
a joint project for the biological control of locusts and grasshoppers in the Sahel | 233 |
Application of an oilbased formulation containing spores of an entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium flavoviride against grasshoppers in the Sahel | 235 |
developing indigenous pathogens | 237 |
Preliminary investigations on the combination of Metarhizium flavoviride blastospores with botanicals neem Melia volkensii for biological locust con... | 239 |
Sorosporella sp a fungal pathogen of the migratory locust Locusta migratoria capita in Madagascar | 243 |
The problem of a replacement for dieldrin | 247 |
Locust control with deltamethrin | 249 |
Alternative strategy and tactics for the management of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria Forsk | 305 |
the present situation | 313 |
Electrophysiological studies of Schistocerca gregaria Forsk with volatile compounds | 325 |
state of the art and perspectives | 331 |
research approaches used by the Locustox project in Senegal | 337 |
Sideeffects of the insect growth regulator triflumuron on spiders | 345 |
Sideeffects of insecticides on nontarget arthropods in Burkina Faso | 361 |
Susceptibility of target acridoids and nontarget organisms to Metarhizium anisopliae and M flavoviride | 369 |
a summary of five years of research | 377 |
relative abundance of nontarget invertebrates following barrier treatment | 385 |
Impact of deltamethrin on the parasitic locust fly Wohlfahrtia pachytyli | 389 |
The dissipation of certain insecticides in the environment of the Sahel | 391 |
Results and recommendations of the working group Environmental impact | 395 |
Economics of desert locust control | 401 |
a new assessment method | 415 |
Comparison of the costs of barrier and blanket treatments using insect growth regulators in Madagascar | 425 |
Economics and practicalities of migratory locust hopper band control using barriers of insect growth regulator | 433 |
Desert locust control strategies | 445 |
Can we prevent desert locust plagues? | 453 |
strategic framework for todays reality | 461 |
Towards an integrated strategy for the control of the desert locust | 467 |
strategy organisation and means | 475 |
Strategy for controlling the desert locust in Mauritania | 487 |
strategies and perspectives | 493 |
A new approach to the control of Rhammatocerus schistocercoides Rehn 1906 in Brazil | 505 |
Results and recommendations of the working group Management strategies Working group 1 | 509 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | New Strategies in Locust Control |
| Editors | Stephan Krall, R. Peveling, B.D. Diallo |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media, 1997 |
| ISBN | 3764354429, 9783764354428 |
| Length | 522 pages |
| Subjects | › › Medical / General Medical / Research Science / Life Sciences / Horticulture Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General |
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