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Nosema locustae

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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]

  1. ^ http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol/nolo.html
  2. ^ http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol/nolo.html
  3. ^ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964485710596
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