scholarly journals Biochemistry of locusts. 3. Insectorubin: the redox pigment present in the integument and eyes of the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria Forsk.), the African migratory locust (Locusta migratoria migratorioides R. & F.) and other insects

1950 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 549-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. W. Goodwin ◽  
S. Srisukh
Keyword(s):  
Schistocerca Gregaria ◽  
Locusta Migratoria ◽  
Desert Locust ◽  
Migratory Locust ◽  
Locusta Migratoria Migratorioides

Operational Aspects of Locust Control

1966 ◽  
Vol 70 (672) ◽  
pp. 1077-1081
Author(s):  
D. Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Schistocerca Gregaria ◽  
Locusta Migratoria ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Nomadacris Septemfasciata ◽  
Red Locust ◽  
Migratory Locust ◽  
Locusta Migratoria Migratorioides ◽  
The World ◽  
Locust Control

The crops of every continent of the world have been devastated from time to time by locusts or grasshoppers. To mention three major locust species, the Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria Forsk.) has caused havoc in a broad band of the world stretching from East Pakistan to Senegal and from the Mediterranean to Central Africa, the Red Locust (Nomadacris septemfasciata Serv.) has infested East, Central and Southern Africa, and the African Migratory Locust (Locusta migratoria migratorioides Rch. and Frm.) has plagued most of Africa south of the Sahara.What happens in one part of a plague area can significantly affect the situation in others and locust control is therefore an international problem, requiring international co-operation. Many of the threatened areas are countries where standards of living are not high and local agriculture is a mainstay of the economy; the regions are often inhospitable and lack modern roads, aerodromes and lines of communication.

scholarly journals Effects of water extracts of frass from three locust species and various plants on oviposition and embryonic development in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-204
Author(s):  
Seiji Tanaka ◽  
Toyomi Kotaki ◽  
Yudai Nishide ◽  
Amel Ben-Hamouda ◽  
Khemais Abdellaoui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Schistocerca Gregaria ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Locusta Migratoria ◽  
Water Extract ◽  
Hatching Rate ◽  
Desert Locust ◽  
Leaf Extracts ◽  
Migratory Locust ◽  
Hatching Rates

The water extract of desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, frass collected in the wild had an oviposition inhibitory (OI) effect when mixed with sand and presented to adults. Likewise, the leaves of six plant species, as well as frass produced by desert locusts fed with these plants, exerted OI effects when compared with the control sand wetted with water alone. In general, frass extracts had a greater OI effect than the extracts of leaves. The OI effect was also observed when adult desert locusts were exposed to extracts of frass produced by two other locusts, the Bombay locust, Nomadacris succincta, and the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria, fed with rescue grass, Bromus catharticus. Among the three species of locust, desert locust and migratory locust frass exerted a greater OI effect than Bombay locust frass. Frass samples extracted with hot and cool water produced similarly high OI effects, indicating that bacterial involvement during extraction is unlikely. Hatching rates of desert locusts were significantly reduced by extracts of all of the above mentioned frass when the extracts were mixed with sand and used to incubate the eggs. In contrast, the lethal effects of leaf extracts on the hatching rates varied depending on the plant species. The embryos became deformed within four days when three-day-old eggs were incubated in sand containing frass extracts from desert locusts fed with rescue grass, whereas no apparent morphological changes were observed when seven-day-old eggs were similarly tested, although their hatching rate was significantly reduced.

scholarly journals SURVIVAL OF MIGRATORY LOCUST AT DIFFERENT KEEPING CONDITIONS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.B. Gerus ◽  
◽  
Y.S. Tokarev ◽  
G.R. Lednev ◽  
M.B. Levchenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Survival Rate ◽  
Locusta Migratoria ◽  
Migratory Locust ◽  
Locusta Migratoria Migratorioides ◽  
Gregarious Locusts

In this article we studied the conditions for keeping two species of gregarious locusts: the African migratory locust (Locusta migratoria migratorioides) and the Asian migratory locust (Locusta migratoria migratoria) in open and shaded areas. Based on the data obtained, it is shown that the survival rate of insects of the non-diapausal subspecies was higher in comparison with the obligate monovoltine.

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