Aerial treatment of the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera (Orthoptera: Acrididae) with Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes)

M. Hunter, David; Milner, Richard; Spurgin, P.A.

doi:10.1079/ber200080

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Aerial treatment of the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera (Orthoptera: Acrididae) with Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes)

Published in Bulletin of Entomological Research • Apr 1, 2001

Authors:

David M. Hunter

Richard Milner

P.A. Spurgin

Abstract

Between October 1999 and April 2000, nearly 4000 ha of nymphal bands and adult swarms of Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker) were aerially treated using a ULV oil formulation of strain FI-985 of Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum. During the mild weather (maxima 22–30°C) of spring (October), there wa...

Subject

Acrididae

Biology

Metarhizium anisopliae

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