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Practical
Grasshopper Management Information from States and Provinces
Included
below are
numerous links to resources, informational guides and management
publications from state cooperative extension services, universities
and departments of agriculture on the management of grasshoppers
affecting both crops and rangeland.
Information includes grasshopper cultural control
methods to protect cropland using trap strips and extension
publications on
controlling
grasshoppers in cropland, rangeland, and yards and gardens.
Information
written for one state is typically applicable to nearby states and
provinces.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Links to grasshopper management information from states and provinces have been provided for the convenience of our customers and do not constitute an official endorsement or approval by the United States Department of Agriculture or the Agricultural Research Service. The inclusion of links on this page does not imply that any management or pesticide recommendations discussed in linked sites have been registered or are recommended. All uses of pesticides must be registered by appropriate State and/or Federal agencies before they can be recommended. Please see the RAATs brochure and talk to your local Extension Agent before initiating insecticidal control treatments, as some information contained in linked sites may be inaccurate and outdated.
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A Guide to Grasshopper Control on Rangeland. 2001. by John B. Campbell, P.E. Reece & Gary L. Hein. In High Plains Integrated Pest Management Guide for Colorado-Western Nebraska- Wyoming- Montana. A Guide to Grasshopper Control in Cropland. 2001. by John B. Campbell, P.E. Reece & Gary L. Hein. In High Plains Integrated Pest Management Guide for Colorado-Western Nebraska- Wyoming- Montana.
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North Dakota Grasshopper Management Information. Includes survey information, identification key and extension information from the Department of Entomology at NDSU. North Dakota: Grasshopper Biology and Management North Dakota State University Extension Service Publication (E-272). 1997.
North Dakota Field Crop Insect Management Guide
(updated yearly), NDSU Extension Publication E-1143. |
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How to Manage Grasshoppers in Landscapes and Gardens.
From the Statewide IPM Program, Agriculture and Natural
Resources, University of California.
Includes information on identification and life cycle,
damage and management. |
Utah: Fighting Grasshoppers and Mormon Crickets for nearly 100 Years. 2003. Utah State University Extension Publication (PDF). Includes information on risk areas and control methods for rangeland, cropland and lawns and gardens with contact information. Grasshoppers in Utah: General Biology. Insect Fact Sheet No. 72. 1990. Utah State University Extension. This fact sheet is intended for citizens seeking basic information and perspective on the biology of grasshoppers in Utah. Grasshoppers and their Control. 2000. Insect Fact Sheet No. 48. Utah State University Extension. Home and Garden Guide to Mormon Crickets and Grasshoppers. 2003. Utah State University Extension.
Utah: Utah
State University Grasshopper Hotline
Utah State University
Extension. Includes information on economic
damage,
and control methods
for cropland and home and garden. Rangeland Grasshopper Management. 1993. By Larry D. DeBrey, Michael J. Brewer, Jeffrey A. Lockwood. University of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station. Also see the website Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West. |
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Grasshoppers in Field Crops.
Insects Online Fact
Sheet 5.535 from Colorado State University Cooperative
Extension. |
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Bureau of Feeds and Plant Services Grasshopper-Mormon
Cricket Information |
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Grasshoppers of Nebraska.
From the University of
Nebraska Department of Entomology.
A resource for information about the biology and
management of grasshoppers
affecting various crops in Nebraska. Includes extension
publications on controlling grasshoppers in cropland,
rangeland, and yards and gardens. |
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Field Guide to Grasshoppers of Economic Importance in
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Grasshopper Management - Pest Management Technical Note. From ATTRA--National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service. Although grasshoppers are difficult to control, their impact can be minimized by preventive management over the long term. This publication outlines non-chemical strategies, including cultural and biological controls, available to growers and farmers.
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Grasshopper Management Guide. 2003.
By James Calpas and Dan Johnson, Alberta Agriculture,
Food and Rural Development and Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada.
This
practical well written guide includes information on
significant species, the effects of weather and natural
enemies on grasshopper outbreaks, and grasshopper
cultural control methods to protect cropland including
the use of trap strips. |
Grasshopper Fact Sheet From Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization. Includes information on important grasshopper species, effects of weather, natural enemies, economic thresholds for control and cultural control methods.
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