The history of biological control with nosema locustae: Lessons for locust management

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 333-350

  Loocwood, Jeffrey A ^a   Bomar, Charles R ^b   Ewen, A L B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Box 509 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Augmentation; Biological control; Grasshoppers; Locusts; Microsporidian; Nosema locustae; Orthoptera; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344060071     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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