TY - BOOK AU - Said Mohamad Said Ahmad AU - Gamal Hassan Sewify , AU - Mohamad Ahmad Ahmad Eid , AU - Tharawat Abdelmonaim Abdelfattah , TI - Biochemical studies on the effect of metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum infection in the desert locust , schistocerca gregaria (Forskal) / PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo : PB - Said Mohamad Said Ahmad , KW - Haemolymph components KW - Metarhizium anisopliae var acridum KW - Schistocerca gregaria N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Agriculture - Department of Econamic Entomology and Pesticides; Issued also as CD N2 - This study showed the effectiveness of the entompathogenic fungus metarhizium anisopliae var acridum (Metsch.) Sorok on the nymphal instars of schistocerca gregaria (Forskal).Where the early nymphal instars (1st ,2 nd and 3rd) appeared to die faster than the late nymphal instars (4th and 5th) for given doses of inoculums of the fungus also as the exposure period increased the mortality percentage increased ER -