Prevalence and infection intensity of the biocontrol agent Paranosema locustae (Microsporidia) in field-collected,newly-associated hosts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) |
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| Authors: | Carlos E. Lange María Marta Cigliano |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas (CIC) de la provincia de Buenos Aires, CCT La Plata , CEPAVE, CONICET-UNLP , calle 2 # 584, La Plata , 1900 , Argentina;2. Museo de La Plata, CCT La Plata , CEPAVE, CONICET-UNLP , Paseo del Bosque S/N, La Plata , Argentina , 1900 |
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| Abstract: | Host range, prevalence, and infection intensity of Paranosema locustae in grasshoppers at an establishment site in Patagonia, Argentina, were recorded. Results agreed with earlier observations at other introduction-establishment areas. Affected grasshoppers were melanoplines (Baeacris punctulatus, Dichroplus elongatus, Dichroplus maculipennis). Sporulation was not observed in instars I, II, and III. |
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| Keywords: | biocontrol agent Dichroplus grasshopper melanoplines microsporidia Paranosema (Nosema) locustae |
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