Evaluation of Insecticide-Treated Bran Baits for Grasshopper Control in Saskatchewan (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Mukerji, Mitali; Ewen, Al B.; Craig, C. H.; Ford, Rebecca J.

doi:10.4039/ent113705-8

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“…Mortality among bait accepting grasshopper species can be as high as 97% w ith no significant mortality among bait "rejectors" (Onsager et al, 1996;Foster et al ., 1998). Young hoppers are killed more easily with bait than the older stages, with the latter requiring higher dose rates (Mukerji et al, 1981); however, the same pattern is also true for sprays (Dobson, 2001).…”

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confidence: 96%

Grasshopper and locust control with poisoned baits: a renaissance of the old strategy?

Latchininsky¹,

Vandyke²

2006

Outlook Pest Man

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Section: Baits Versus Sprays:3 Esmentioning

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Grasshopper and locust control with poisoned baits: a renaissance of the old strategy?

Latchininsky¹,

Vandyke²

2006

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“…We have reported previously (Mukerji et al 1981) on the effectiveness of insecticidetreated bran baits as crop protection agents against grasshoppers. Of the four insecticides tested, dimethoate was most effective in reducing third-instar and adult grasshopper populations.…”

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Field Evaluation of Cypermethrin and Carbaryl as Sprays and Baits for Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Control in Saskatchewan

Mukerji

Ewen

1984

Can Entomol

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Cypermethrin and carbaryl, as both aqueous sprays and bran baits, were tested in the field as crop protection measures against third-instar grasshopper populations infesting bromegrass and alfalfa–bromegrass pastures. Application of 15 g cypermethrin/ha as a spray reduced the grasshopper populations by 97% within 120 h; 700 g carbaryl/ha as spray reduced the populations by 90% during the same period of time after application. Neither insecticide applied on bran bait sufficiently reduced populations to be useful as crop protection measures against grasshoppers.

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“…Baits have been used for the control of grasshoppers and locusts for many years (Shotwell 1942, Latchininsky andVanDyke 2006). In contemporary formulations, these baits typically consist of wheat bran combined with an insecticide, usually carbaryl or dißubenzuron (Mukerji et al 1981, Jech et al 1993. Baits have proven to be effective in reducing grasshopper populations while minimizing the amount of active ingredient applied.…”

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Effects of Carbaryl-Bran Bait on Trap Catch and Seed Predation by Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Fielding¹,

Defoliart²,

Hagerty³

2013

jnl. econ. entom.

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Carbaryl-bran bait is effective against grasshoppers without many impacts on nontarget organisms, but ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) may be susceptible to these baits. Carabids are beneficial in agricultural settings as predators of insect pests and weed seeds. Carabid species and their consumption of weed seeds have not been previously studied in agricultural settings in Alaska. This study examined the effect of grasshopper bran bait on carabid activity-density, as measured by pitfall trap catches, and subsequent predation by invertebrates of seeds of three species of weed. Data were collected in fallow fields in agricultural landscape in the interior of Alaska, near Delta Junction, in 2008 and 2010. Bait applications reduced ground beetle activity-density by over half in each of 2 yr of bait applications. Seed predation was generally low overall (1-10%/wk) and not strongly affected by the bait application, but predation of lambsquarters (Chenopodium album L.) seed was lower on treated plots in 1 yr (340 seeds recovered versus 317 seeds, on treated versus untreated plots, respectively). Predation of dandelion (Taraxacum officinale G. H. Weber ex Wiggers) seeds was correlated with ground beetle activity-density in 1 yr, and predation of dragonhead mint (Dracocephalum parvifolium Nutt.) seed in the other year. We conclude that applications of carbaryl-bran bait for control of grasshoppers will have only a small, temporary effect on weed seed populations in high-latitude agricultural ecosystems.

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Evaluation of Insecticide-Treated Bran Baits for Grasshopper Control in Saskatchewan (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Cited by 20 publications

References 7 publications

Grasshopper and locust control with poisoned baits: a renaissance of the old strategy?

Grasshopper and locust control with poisoned baits: a renaissance of the old strategy?

Field Evaluation of Cypermethrin and Carbaryl as Sprays and Baits for Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Control in Saskatchewan

Effects of Carbaryl-Bran Bait on Trap Catch and Seed Predation by Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

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