Review: Nutrient requirements of migratory and desert locusts farmed for food or feed
AnimalLocusts are important pests of crops and natural vegetation, and they have been intensively studied in the last decades. With the emergence of insect farming for food and feed applications, the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) and the migratory ...
W. Yakti, D.G.A.B. Oonincx
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A monitoring system for preventive control of Desert Locust in West Africa [PDF]
, 2010 Agricultural pests like the Desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål 1775), often migrate across borders and cause major losses and emergencies. In the past, such damage often led to famines and sometimes triggered trade restrictions.
Bonnal, Vincent +5 more
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Interactions between the endocrine and immune systems in locusts [PDF]
, 2003 The prophenoloxidase cascade in the haemolymph of mature adult Locusta migratoria migratorioides (R & F) is activated in response to injection of laminarin, a -1,3 glucan.
Chandrakant, S. +3 more
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CURRENT LOCUST THREATS AND MEASURES IN PAKISTAN
Pakistan Journal of Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering & Veterinary Sciences, 2019 During recent entry of locust in Pakistan the farmers are restless and trying to get most updated information on what actual species of locust is? Where and why have they entered within boundaries of Pakistan?
I. Khatri
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Tyrosine kinase inhibition produces specific alterations in axon guidance in the grasshopper embryo [PDF]
, 1998 Tyrosine kinase signaling pathways are essential for process outgrowth and guidance during nervous system development. We have examined the roles of tyrosine kinase activity in programming growth cone guidance decisions in an intact nervous system in ...
Menon, Kaushiki P., Zinn, Kai
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Susceptibilidad de la langosta Schistocerca cancellata (Orthoptera: Acrididae) a Nosema locustae (Protozoa: Microspora), en laboratorio [PDF]
, 1998 The objective of this study was to determine the susceptibility of Schistocerca cancellata (Serville) to the pathogen Nosema locustae Canning, with the purpose of evaluating alternative control strategies of this pest.
Wittenstein, E. +2 more
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Environmental adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, and associative learning in insects: the desert locust as a case study [PDF]
, 2016 The ability to learn and store information should be adapted to the environment in which animals operate to confer a selective advantage. Yet the relationship between learning, memory, and the environment is poorly understood, and further complicated by ...
Abisgold +14 more
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Normal and branched alkanes from cast skins of the grasshopper Schistocerca vaga (Scudder)
Journal of Lipid Research, 1975 Gas-liquid chromatographic and mass spectral analyses of the hydrocarbons from cast skins of the grasshopper Schistocerca vaga (Scudder) demonstrated the presence of four homologous series of alkanes: n-alkanes (35%), monomethylalkanes (24 ...
D.R. Nelson, D.R. Sukkestad
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Quantitative genetics of the Desert Locust's larval growth: Rate and life-history strategy : PS3M358 Ecology [PDF]
, 2012 Schistocerca gregaria, the desert locust, which is distributed from north-west Africa to south-east Asia, is one of the most known and studied locust species.
Chapuis, Marie-Pierre +3 more
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How tyramine β-hydroxylase controls the production of octopamine, modulating the mobility of beetles [PDF]
, 2018 Biogenic amines perform many kinds of important physiological functions in the central nervous system (CNS) of insects, acting as neuromodulators, neurotransmitters, and neurohormones.
Chen, Xiao-Feng +7 more
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