Pathological effects of two IGRs on the Eggs of Grasshopper

ISBN-13: 9786202342124 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 52 str.

Khalafalla Saber Ahmed; Heba Zakarya

Opis

This book includes new approaches of biological control of a very serious grasshopper that attack many field crops such as corn and many vegetables. The insect growth regulators used for control of this insect are safe to use as they are not harmful to human or domestic animals. They make the insect produce infertile or sterile eggs which do not hatch and die and even if hatched the embryo does not grow. The IGRs used are either similar to or antagonist to the self hormones produced by the insect. They don't affect the normal development of the insect, only the sex life of the insect without affecting the soil, plant host or the human health.

O autorze

Prof. Dr. Khalafalla Saber Ahmed, Professor of Taxonomic Entomology, Faculty of Education, Ain Sams University, Cairo , Egypt. Ph.D. From University of Wales, United Kingdom, M.Sc. from Faculty of Sci., Ain Sams Univ., Cairo.