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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.05.017 |
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| Web URL(s): | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964416301025
Last checked: 12/15/2016
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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Mhina, Grace J.;
Leppla, Norman C.;
Thomas, Michael H.;
Solís, Daniel |
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| Author Affiliation: | Mhina, Thomas, and Solís: Divison of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee; Leppla: Entomolgy and Nemotolgy Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
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| Title: | Cost effectiveness of biological control of invasive mole crickets in Florida pastures |
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| Source: | Biological Control. Vol. 100, September 2016, p. 108-115. |
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| Publishing Information: | San Diego, California: Academic Press |
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| # of Pages: | 8 |
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| Related Web URL: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964416301025#authorab0151
Last checked: 08/03/2016
Notes: Abstract only |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Biological control; Cost efficiency; Entomopathogenic nematodes; In vitro; Insect control; Invasive pests; Larra bicolor; Mole crickets; Ormia depleta; Steinernema scapterisci
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| Geographic Terms: | Florida |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The Mole Cricket Biological Control Program (MCBCP) is a compelling example of successfully managing alien invasive pests that warrants formal analysis and documentation of its effectiveness and benefits relative to costs for cattlemen in the southeastern U.S. Three biological control agents that parasitize the short-winged mole cricket, Neoscapteriscus abbreviates (Scudder); tawny mole cricket, Neoscapteriscus vicinus (Scudder); and southern mole cricket, Neoscapteriscus borellii (Giglio-Tos) (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) were imported from the origin of the pests in South America, tested for non-target affects, and distributed widely in Florida. Larra bicolor F. (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), a parasitoid of large nymph and adult mole crickets, was collected in Bolivia and established in Florida in 1988-89, and later in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Another parasitoid of large mole crickets, Ormia deplete (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tachinidae), was introduced several times from Brazil during the early 1980s and released extensively. An entomopathogenic nematode discovered in Uruguay, Steinernema scapterisci (Nematoda: Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) reproduces within adult mole crickets, building up large populations that infect additional mole crickets and ultimately creates an epidemic. This very effective biological control agent was applied to pastures, turf farms, golf courses, athletic fields, and other mole cricket habitats across Florida after in vitro culture was developed and a commercial product, "Nematac® S," became available. During the 34 years of the MCBCP (1979-2012), about $8.7 million was spent on faculty salaries and operating costs and the overall annual savings in control costs was estimated to be $13.6 million; a first year benefit-cost ratio of 1.6:1. Applying a 3% social discount rate (perpetual benefit), the MCBCP will save cattle producers $453 million for a long-term benefit-cost ratio of 52:1." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 42 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Mhina, G. J., N. C. Leppla, M. H. Thomas, and D. Solís. 2016. Cost effectiveness of biological control of invasive mole crickets in Florida pastures. Biol. Control: Theory Appl. Pest Manage. 100:p. 108-115. |
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| DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.05.017 |
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