10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CACTOBLASTIS»
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cactoblastis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Encyclopedia of Entomology
Systemic insecticides have not proven effective against Cactobastis, but selected
contact insecticides may be used against early instars, before they penetrate the
cactus. There are many potential biological control agents against Cactoblastis, ...
2
The Ecology of
Cactoblastis Cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: ...
Key Words: amplification effect, biodiversity, Cactoblastis cactorum, Chelinidea vittiger, Dactylopius, host quality, insect herbivore, invasive species, Melitara prodenialis, net reproductive rate, null model, Opuntia, prickly pear cacti, ...
Kristen Erica Sauby, 2009
3
Monumental Queensland: Signposts on a Cultural Landscape
In 1925, following experimentation with the Indian cochineal insect and red
spider mites, three thousand Cactoblastis cactorum eggs were imported from
South America and the cactus- eating moths and caterpillars set to work, closely
watched ...
Lisanne Gibson, Joanna Besley, 2004
4
The Ecological World View
Between 1935 and 1940 Cactoblastis recovered and completely controlled the
cactus. Prickly pear survived after 1940 only as a scattered plant in the
community. The present picture is that Opuntia exists in a stable metapopulation
at low ...
5
Noxious Weeds of Australia
Only two, the moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, native to Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
and Uruguay and a prickly pear cochineal insect, Dactylopius opuntiae, native to
the United States and Mexico, provided effective control of erect prickly pear ...
William Thomas Parsons, Eric George Cuthbertson, 2001
6
The Rise of Conservation in South Africa: Settlers, ...
Cactoblastis eggs were brought back to Pretoria under quarantine late in 1932.
Petty, who visited Australia, was already warning against unrealistic expectations
. South Africa's pest species differed from those in Australia: they were taller, ...
7
Ecology and Control of Introduced Plants
These introductions were not successful and all efforts were put on hold until the
end of the First World War. In 1924 exploration began again and Alan Dodd
collected larvae of the moth Cactoblastis cacto- rum in Argentina. Cactoblastis
moths ...
Judith H. Myers, Dawn Bazely, 2003
8
Theory and Practice of Biological Control
TABLE A-l (continued) Natural enemy Common Location of Scientific name name
Crop infestation Scientific name Australia Dactylopius confusus Ckll. Cactoblastis
cactorum (Berg) Archlagocheirus funestus Thom. Opuntia nigricans North ...
9
Cane toads: A tale of sugar, politics and flawed science
However, in the case of the Cactoblastis moth collected in Argentina, the United
States would allow the moth to neither enter nor transit through their country. As a
result, moth larvae were not sent for testing to Uvalde. Instead, they were ...
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The Ecological Web: More on the Distribution and Abundance ...
Similar patchy distributions have often been reported in the literature (Flanders
1947). The same holds for the prickly pear Opuntia inermis in Queensland after
its biological control by Cactoblastis cactorum (Dodd 1940). Today both cactus
and ...
H. G. Andrewartha, L. C. Birch, 1986
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CACTOBLASTIS»
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cactoblastis is used in the context of the following news items.
Jane and Louise Wilson: 'This show is like going into seven different …
expanded; unthreaded. Loading comments… Trouble loading? Cactoblastis · 1 Feb 2015 12:16. 0 1. Curation = creation. Who woulda thunk? «The Guardian, Feb 15»
Cactoblastis Mexican Kitchen
She told them roughly what she wanted - the South American cactoblastis moth, a Day of the Dead skull and references to Frida Kahlo - and ... «Good Food, Jul 13»
