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SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE MIGRATORY GRASSHOPPER, MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE), TO MIXTURES OF NOSEMA LOCUSTAE (MICROSPORIDA: NOSEMATIDAE) AND CHEMICAL INSECTICIDES1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

O. N. Morris
O. N. Morris
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada, Research Station, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2M9
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Melanoplus sanguinipes (F.) is one of several species of grasshoppers that periodically causes severe economic damage to cultivated crops and rangeland plants in western Canada and the USA. The usual method of controlling outbreaks of these pests has been the application of broad-spectrum chemical insecticides, such as malathion, an organophosphate, and sevin, a carbamate (Blickenstaff et al. 1974; Onsager 1978). These insecticides can cause undesirable environmental side effects.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 117 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 131 - 132
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1985

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