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The use of insecticides against the desert locust
Author(s) -
Rainey R. C.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740091009
Subject(s) - desert locust , locust , desert (philosophy) , chemical control , toxicology , environmental science , biology , ecology , agronomy , schistocerca , philosophy , epistemology
Abstract A survey is made of the control of the Desert Locust by baiting, dusting, ground spraying and (more particularly) spraying from aircraft. Quantitative field assessments of each of these types of control operation, together with laboratory data on the insecticides concerned, are discussed as evidence of the potentialities and limitations of the methods and materials used.