Nosema locustae (Protozoa, Microsporidia), a Biological Agent for Locust and Grasshopper Control

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第一作者： Zhang, Long

作者： Zhang, Long;Zhang, Long;Lecoq, Michel

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关键词： locust; grasshopper; biological control; Nosema locustae; application; epizootics

期刊名称：AGRONOMY-BASEL （ 影响因子：2.603； ）

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年卷期： 2021 年 11 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Effective locust and grasshopper control is crucial as locust invasions have seriously threatened crops and food security since ancient times. However, the preponderance of chemical insecticides, effective and widely used today, is increasingly criticized as a result of their adverse effects on human health and the environment. Alternative biological control methods are being actively sought to replace chemical pesticides. Nosema locustae (Synonyms: Paranosema locustae, Antonospora locustae), a protozoan pathogen of locusts and grasshoppers, was developed as a biological control agent as early as the 1980s. Subsequently, numerous studies have focused on its pathogenicity, host spectrum, mass production, epizootiology, applications, genomics, and molecular biology. Aspects of recent advances in N. locustae show that this entomopathogen plays a special role in locust and grasshopper management because it is safer, has a broad host spectrum of 144 orthopteran species, vertical transmission to offspring through eggs, long persistence in locust and grasshopper populations for more than 10 years, and is well adapted to various types of ecosystems in tropical and temperate regions. However, some limitations still need to be overcome for more efficient locust and grasshopper management in the future.

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