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''Nosema Locustae'' is a [[microsporidium]] [[protozoan]] that is used to kill [grasshoppers]].<ref>http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol/nolo.html</ref> |
''Nosema Locustae'' is a [[microsporidium]] [[protozoan]] that is used to kill [[grasshoppers]].<ref>http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol/nolo.html</ref> |
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==Effects on Grasshoppers== |
==Effects on Grasshoppers== |
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''Nosema Locustae'' causes grasshoppers to become slower, stop eating, and die after consuming it. The disease is contagious if other grasshoppers feed off of a deceased one.<ref>http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol/nolo.html</ref> In a study done at [[Linkoping University]] using ''N. Locustae'' and a central [[Ethiopian]] grasshopper species, 55 % of the grasshoppers that were not inoculated reached adulthood, while only 19 % of the ones that were inoculated did. <ref>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964485710596</ref> |
''Nosema Locustae'' causes grasshoppers to become slower, stop eating, and die after consuming it. The disease is contagious if other grasshoppers feed off of a deceased one.<ref>http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol/nolo.html</ref> In a study done at [[Linkoping University]] using ''N. Locustae'' and a central [[Ethiopian]] grasshopper species, 55 % of the grasshoppers that were not inoculated reached adulthood, while only 19 % of the ones that were inoculated did. <ref>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964485710596</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:52, 10 April 2012
Nosema Locustae is a microsporidium protozoan that is used to kill grasshoppers.[1]
Effects on Grasshoppers
Nosema Locustae causes grasshoppers to become slower, stop eating, and die after consuming it. The disease is contagious if other grasshoppers feed off of a deceased one.[2] In a study done at Linkoping University using N. Locustae and a central Ethiopian grasshopper species, 55 % of the grasshoppers that were not inoculated reached adulthood, while only 19 % of the ones that were inoculated did. [3]