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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Evaluating recent locust research
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    Chapter 2 Ecology of Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål): observations in West Africa from 1990 to 1994
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    Chapter 3 Desert locust forecasters’ GIS: a researchers’ view
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    Chapter 4 SWARMS: A geographic information system for desert locust forecasting
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    Chapter 5 Mapping of desert locust habitats using remote sensing techniques
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    Chapter 6 Vertical-looking radar as a means to improve forecasting and control of desert locusts
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    Chapter 7 Forecasting the early-season eclosion of Oedaleus senegalensis in the Sahel: the role of remotely sensed rainfall data
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    Chapter 8 Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the population dynamics of the Senegalese grasshopper, Oedaleus senegalensis
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    Chapter 9 Modelling brown locust outbreaks in relation to rainfall and temperature
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    Chapter 10 Metapopulations of locusts and grasshoppers: spatial structures, their dynamics and early warning systems
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    Chapter 11 Forecasting seasonal dynamics of the Asiatic migratory locust using the Locusta migratoria migratoria — Phragmites australis forecasting system
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    Chapter 12 The SGR biomodel: a synoptic model for surveillance and early warning specific to the desert locust over the whole of its distribution habitat
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    Chapter 13 Anti-locust early warning systems: recent experiences from eastern Africa
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    Chapter 14 Results and recommendations of the working group Forecasting and modelling
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    Chapter 15 Overview and challenges of new control agents
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    Chapter 16 Field investigations on Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål) adults, hoppers and hopper bands
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    Chapter 17 Persistence of benzoylphenylureas in the control of the migratory locust Locusta migratoria capito (Sauss.) in Madagascar
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    Chapter 18 Evaluation of insect growth regulators for the control of the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria migratorioides (R. & F.), in Central Africa
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    Chapter 19 Field application of the juvenile hormone analogue fenoxycarb against hopper bands of Locusta migratoria capito in Madagascar
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    Chapter 20 Locust control with Metarhizium flavoviride : New approaches in the development of a biopreparation based on blastospores
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    Chapter 21 Metarhizium Flavoviride : recent results in the control of locusts and grasshoppers
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    Chapter 22 Small-scale field trials with entomopathogenic fungi against Locusta migratoria capito in Madagascar and Oedaleus senegalensis in Cape Verde
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    Chapter 23 Development of a mycoinsecticide for the Australian plague locust
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    Chapter 24 Melia volkensii : a natural insecticide against desert locusts
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    Chapter 25 Potential for Melia volkensii fruit extract in the control of locusts
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    Chapter 26 Field trials with neem oil and Melia volkensii extracts on Schistocerca gregaria
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    Chapter 27 Locust control by means of selective baiting
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    Chapter 28 Neurotransmitter-receptors as targets for new insecticides
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    Chapter 29 Mass production of Metarhizium flavoviride in submerged culture using waste products
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    Chapter 30 Field trails conductcd on a biopesticide ( Metarhizium flavoviride ) for grasshopper control in Mali from 1992 to 1994
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    Chapter 31 LUBILOSA: a joint project for the biological control of locusts and grasshoppers in the Sahel
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    Chapter 32 Application of an oil-based formulation containing spores of an entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium flavoviride , against grasshoppers in the Sahel
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    Chapter 33 Biocontrol of locusts in Madagascar: developing indigenous pathogens
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    Chapter 34 Preliminary investigations on the combination of Metarhizium flavoviride blastospores with botanicals (neem, Melia volkensii ) for biological locust control
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    Chapter 35 Sorosporella sp., a fungal pathogen of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria capito , in Madagascar
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    Chapter 36 The problem of a replacement for dieldrin
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    Chapter 37 Locust control with deltamethrin
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    Chapter 38 Carbosulfan, an effective new product for locust control
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    Chapter 39 Staurorhectus longicornis (Giglio Tos), a recently appearing pest species on pastures in the dry Chaco of Paraguay and semi-field tests for its control
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    Chapter 40 Mechanical control of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål, 1775)
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    Chapter 41 Results and recommendations of the working group Control agents and methods
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    Chapter 42 Results and recommendations of the working group Control agents and methods
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    Chapter 43 Chemoecological studies reveal causes for increased population densities of Zonocerus (Orth.: Pyrgomorphidae) and offer new means for management
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    Chapter 44 Attraction and diurnal behaviour of the African pest grasshopper, Zonocerus variegatus (L.), at oviposition sites
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    Chapter 45 Potential for the use of semiochemicals against Locusta migratoria migratorioides (R. & F.)
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    Chapter 46 Alternative strategy and tactics for the management of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forsk.)
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    Chapter 47 Pheromones in Schistocerca gregaria (Forsk.): the present situation
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    Chapter 48 Electrophysiological studies of Schistocerca gregaria (Forsk.) with volatile compounds
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    Chapter 49 Environmental effects of locust control: state of the art and perspectives
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    Chapter 50 Side-effects of locust control on beneficial arthropods: research approaches used by the Locustox project in Senegal
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    Chapter 51 Side-effects of the insect growth regulator triflumuron on spiders
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    Chapter 52 Side-effects of insecticides on non-target arthropods in Burkina Faso
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    Chapter 53 Susceptibility of target acridoids and non-target organisms to Metarhizium anisopliae and M. flavoviride
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    Chapter 54 Effects of anti-locust insecticides in surface waters in the Sahel: a summary of five years of research
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    Chapter 55 Diflubenzuron and locust control in south-western Madagascar: relative abundance of non-target invertebrates following barrier treatment
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    Chapter 56 Impact of deltamethrin on the parasitic locust fly, Wohlfahrtia pachytyli
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    Chapter 57 The dissipation of certain insecticides in the environment of the Sahel
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    Chapter 58 Results and recommendations of the working group Environmental impact
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    Chapter 59 Economics of desert locust control
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    Chapter 60 Yield losses on pearl millet panicles due to grasshoppers: a new assessment method
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    Chapter 61 Comparison of the costs of barrier and blanket treatments using insect growth regulators in Madagascar
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    Chapter 62 Economics and practicalities of migratory locust hopper band control using barriers of insect growth regulator
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    Chapter 63 Desert locust control strategies
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    Chapter 64 Can we prevent desert locust plagues?
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    Chapter 65 Proaction: strategic framework for today’s reality
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    Chapter 66 Towards an integrated strategy for the control of the desert locust
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    Chapter 67 Control of the desert locust: strategy, organisation and means
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    Chapter 68 Strategy for controlling the desert locust in Mauritania
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    Chapter 69 Grasshopper Control in Siberia: strategies and perspectives
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    Chapter 70 A new approach to the control of Rhammatocerus schistocercoides (Rehn, 1906) in Brazil
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    Chapter 71 Results and recommendations of the working group Management strategies
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    Chapter 72 Results and recommendations of the working group Management strategies
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Title
New Strategies in Locust Control
Published by
Birkhäuser Basel, December 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-3-0348-9202-5
ISBNs
978-3-03-489943-7, 978-3-03-489202-5
Authors

Krall, S., Peveling, R., Ba Diallo, D.

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Country Count As %
Israel 1 5%
United States 1 5%
Unknown 17 89%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 26%
Lecturer 3 16%
Student > Bachelor 3 16%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 5%
Other 3 16%
Unknown 2 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 37%
Environmental Science 3 16%
Computer Science 2 11%
Unspecified 1 5%
Arts and Humanities 1 5%
Other 2 11%
Unknown 3 16%