The proceedings of a workshop held in Cotonou, Benin, April to May 1991, as part of a program to investigate the potential of using an oil-based formulation of a fungal pathogen to control locusts and grasshoppers. The program was begun in 1989 in response to the detrimental effects of massive pesticide use from west Africa to Iran to combat plague populations of pests that followed the first rains after years of drought. The 43 papers include progress reports from international organizations and countries involved in the study, and discuss specific agents, exploration, mass production, biology, ecology, field experimentation, and other topics. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Biological Control of Locusts and Grasshoppers: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Cotonou, Repu

Science & Math

Lomer, C. J.

Agricultural Sciences

Oxford Univ. Pr.

In the period 1985-8, rains over much of Africa after a period of prolonged drought triggered the development of plague populations of grasshoppers and locusts. Countries from Senegal and Mauritania in the west to Iran in the east were affected. The use of costly and sometimes environmentally hazardous insecticides did contribute to the subsequent control of the problem, but highlighted the need for a reassessment of locust control methods. As a result, a collaborative programme was initiated in 1989 and undertaken by the International Institute of Biological Control of CAB International (CABI-IIBC), the Biological Control Program of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA-BCP) and the Department of Crop Protection Training of the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS-DFPV). Its main objective is to show the feasibility of killing locusts and grasshoppers using an oil-based formulation of a fungal pathogen. This volume contains the proceedings of a workshop held at Cotonou, Republic of Benin, from 29 April to 1 May 1991, and organized as part of this collaborative programme.

Biological Control of Locusts and Grasshoppers

Reference

Prior, C.

Foreign Language Study & Reference

CABI Publishing

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