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PRODUCTION OF A GRASSHOPPER ENTOMOPOXVIRUS (ENTOMOPOXVIRINAE) IN MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES (F.) (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E.A. Oma  and
D.A. Streett
E.A. Oma
Affiliation:
Rangeland Insect Laboratory, USDA/ARS, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA 59717–0366
D.A. Streett
Affiliation:
Rangeland Insect Laboratory, USDA/ARS, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA 59717–0366
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Grasshopper entomopoxviruses are considered to have excellent potential as microbial control agents and are currently undergoing evaluation in a Grasshopper Integrated Pest Management program. Our research has focused on an entomopoxvirus isolated from Melanoplus sanguinipes (F.).

Henry (1975) noted that one characteristic of a microbial control agent of grasshoppers is the potential for mass production. Methods of viral inoculation are varied and depend on the biology of the host and efficiency versus efficacy (Shapiro 1982). In this paper methods of inoculation for mass production of the M. sanguinipes virus in M. sanguinipes are investigated.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 125 , Issue 6 , December 1993 , pp. 1131 - 1133
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1993

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