Explaining Mycoinsecticide Activity: Poor Performance of Spray and Bait Formulations of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium brunneum Against Mormon Cricket in Field Cage Studies

• Published in: Journal of orthoptera research Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 303 - 313
• Main Authors: Nelson Foster, R, Jaronski, Stefan, Reuter, K. Chris, Black, Lonnie R, Schlothauer, Robin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Orthopterists' Society 01.12.2010; Pensoft Publishers
• Subjects: adult insects; Anabrus simplex; Beauveria; Beauveria bassiana; Bioassay; biocontrol; Biological control; biological control agents; Body temperature; cages; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Conidia; field experimentation; Fungi; Grasses; Gryllidae; Insect pests; insecticidal properties; larvae; Metarhizium; Metarhizium brunneum; Mormon cricket; Mortality; Mycoses; nymphs; Orthoptera; Pests; spraying; Tettigoniidae; Western United States

The Mormon cricket (Anabrus simplex Haldeman) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) is a historic pest on millions of acres in the western US. During outbreak years, annual losses attributed to it have amounted to millions of dollars. Nonchemical controls are needed for environmentally sensitive areas — an in...