Bulletin of Entomological Research (1959) 50, 333-353

P. Symmons and A.J.M. Carnegie (1959)
Some factors affecting breeding and oviposition of the Red Locust, Nomadacris septemfasciata (Serv.)
Bulletin of Entomological Research 50 (2), 333-353
Abstract: The type and condition of the grassland, whether burnt during the previous dry season, at an earlier date, or left unburnt, is discussed in relation to choice of oviposition site and incubation success of Nomadacris septemfasciata. The adults lay mainly in the ground burnt over in the previous dry season. Conditions of air temperature, soil moisture, soil temperature and rainfall in which eggs are laid and incubated were investigated. No correlation was found between incubation success in burnt-over ground and rainfall, soil temperature or soil moisture. The concentration of oviposition in burnt areas is of great importance in making chemical control of hoppers easier and cheaper.
(The abstract is excluded from the Creative Commons licence and has been copied from Acridological Abstracts with permission by NRI, Univ. of Greenwich at Medway.)
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
population dynamics/ epidemiology
environment - cropping system/rotation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Nomadacris septemfasciata