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METHODS OF APPLICATION OF MICROBIAL PESTICIDE FORMULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF GRASSHOPPERS AND LOCUSTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Roy Bateman
Roy Bateman*
Affiliation:
International Institute of Biological Control, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7TA, United Kingdom
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Abstract

The use of chemical insecticides, especially as ultra low volume (ULV) formulations, against locusts and grasshoppers will continue for the foreseeable future; therefore application techniques for microbial agents should be as compatible as possible with existing practice. Low volume and ULV spraying of deuteromycete conidia in oil-based formulations have produced very promising acridid control results in the field, although baiting, dusting, and hydraulic application techniques have also been tested for a wide range of pathogens.The key problems for further research and development appear to be the logistics and supply of consistently reliable formulations for application on a large scale, and the determination of mechanisms for effective dose transfer in the field. The application of suspended particulate matter can present special problems with rotary and other atomizers.

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Les insecticides chimiques, particulièrement en préparation ulta-légères (ULV), risquent d'être utilisés encore fort longtemps dans la lutte contre les criquets; les techniques d'application d'agents microbiens de lutte se doivent donc d'être le plus compatibles possible avec les méthodes courantes. La vaporisation de préparations légères et ultra-légères de conidies de deutéromycètes dans des émulsifiants à base d'huile a déjà donné des résultats très prometteurs dans la lutte contre les criquets en nature; d'autre méthodes, utilisation d'appâts, saupoudrage, techniques d'application hydraulique, ont également été testées pour plusieurs pathogènes.

Les problèmes qui constituent présentement une barrière à la recherche et à l'élaboration d'autres méthodes sont reliés à des questions de logistique et à la difficulté d'obtenir des préparations toujours fiables, utilisables sur une grande échelle, de même qu'à celle de mettre au point des mécanismes de transfert de doses efficaces en nature. Les préparations à base de particules en suspension présentent des problèmes particuliers d'application lorsqu'elles sont répandues au moyen de vaporisateurs rotatoires ou d'autres engins de pulvérisation. [Traduit par la Rédaction]

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The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada , Volume 129 , Supplement S171 , 1997 , pp. 69 - 81
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1997

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