{"id":2139,"date":"2020-02-08T11:51:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T11:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/termirepel.com\/blog\/?p=2139"},"modified":"2020-02-10T06:02:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T06:02:54","slug":"combating-the-locusts-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/combating-the-locusts-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Combating the locusts invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Locusts are related to grasshoppers and the two insects look similar. However, locust behavior can be something else entirely. Locusts are sometimes solitary insects with lifestyles much like grasshoppers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

But locusts have another behavioral phase called the gregarious phase where they move with other locusts collectively and attacks on crop field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Locusts are found on all continents except Antarctica and North America. They are most common in Africa and Asia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Locust swarms devastate\ncrops and cause major agricultural damage and attendant human misery – shortage\nand starvation. Locust outbreaks have the potential to affect the livelihoods\nof one in ten people on the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desert locust plagues may\nthreaten the economic livelihood of one-tenth of the world’s humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desert locusts affect 20\npercent of the world’s land surface, scientists say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desert locusts live in\nbarren regions that see rain only rarely. They eke out an existence alone when\ntimes are tough. When the rains come, they breed like crazy. Then things dry\nup, and hordes of locusts are forced to gather around diminishing patches of\nvegetation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These massive swarms travel\nas many as 160 kilometers (100 miles) a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recent invasions can\ngive you an idea about the same:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Locust invasion destroys crops in northwest India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\nmassive locust invasion has destroyed thousands of hectares of crops in northwest\nIndia, authorities said, with some experts on Friday terming it the worst such\nattack in 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While officials have attempted to tackle the swarm with pesticides, farmers have deployed drums to drive away the insects, with videos showing schoolgirls banging on steel plates — due to local beliefs that loud noise repels locusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More\nthan 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres) have been devastated in one district alone,\nParmar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invasion of Locusts damages Wafra farms in Kuwait<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Swarms of Locust invade Kuwait<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KUWAIT\nCITY, May 1: Despite the attempts of the Public Authority for Agriculture\nAffairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) to fight the swarms of locusts coming from\nSaudi Arabia towards the Wafra farms, it looks like the yellow locusts have won\nthe battle and caused heavy material losses to many farms<\/strong>, reports\nAl-Qabas daily. The swarms invaded the farms about three days ago and\ndestroyed tomatoes, cloves and other products and even attempted to invade the\n\u2018hydroponic farms\u2019 causing material losses that could have negative\nconsequences on the vegetables and cattle market due to hike in prices of\nproducts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Avoid using pesticides for killing locusts in Jaisalmer\u2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

TNN | May 30, 2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JAIPUR: Chief wildlife warden of Rajasthan has written to the\nstate agriculture department to avoid using pesticides for killing locusts<\/strong>\nin Jaisalmer which in turn is harming the Great Indian Bustard\n(GIB) which regularly feed on these insects. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wildlife department is also taking the help of scientists\nfrom Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to find a pesticide which just targets\nthe locusts and doesn\u2019t harm any other animal or bird. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter (a copy of which is with TOI) states that pesticides being sprayed in Jaisalmer district to kill locusts has become a threat to the GIB particularly in Ramdeora, Lokarki and nearby areas since the state bird regularly feeds on this insect thus there is a threat to the health of GIBs which consume them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter further urges that not only the use of harmful pesticides should be avoided but suitable taxa-specific biopesticides may be utilised for overcoming the locust\u2019s problem without affecting the GIB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spraying with solutions of\narsenic and overturning the soil can destroy the eggs but this is extremely lethal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need a solution that can be both effective against the locusts and also safe for other animals, humans, and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Termirepel<\/strong>TM<\/sup><\/strong><\/a> can\nbe a boon in this crisis. Termirepel<\/strong>TM<\/sup><\/strong><\/a> is an extremely low toxic and low hazardous\ninsect repellent produced by C Tech Corporation<\/strong><\/a>. It can be best described as an\ninsect aversive repellent. It is effective against multiple other insects and\npests like thrips, locusts, beetles, bugs, armyworms, etc. It works on the\nmechanism of repellence and therefore does not kill the target as well as\nnon-target species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being low toxic, it does not harm the soil and environment. Termirepel™<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>can be added to a thin agricultural film to protect plants and other crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our product available in the form of masterbatch can be incorporated into polymeric applications like the tree guards and fences, agricultural films and mulches, irrigation pipes, wires, and cables, etc. to keep these insects away from the trees and crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The liquid\nconcentrate can be mixed in paints and be applied on the concrete fence around\nthe gardens, farms, and buildings. The liquid concentrate can be applied to the\ninterior and exterior of storage rooms used to store grains and other\nagricultural produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nproduct available in the form of lacquer can be used as a direct application\nand can be applied on the tree trunks, wooden fences around trees, crops, and\nfarms, already installed pipes and polymeric parts from agricultural equipment\nlike motors, tractors, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To keep\nthe locusts at the bay Termirepel<\/strong>TM<\/sup><\/strong> insect repellent\nspray<\/strong><\/a> can be sprayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Locusts are related to grasshoppers and the two insects look similar. However, locust behavior can be something else entirely. Locusts are sometimes solitary insects with lifestyles much like grasshoppers. But locusts have another behavioral phase called the gregarious phase where they move with other locusts collectively and attacks on crop field. Locusts are found on all continents … Continue reading Combating the locusts invasion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2139"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2266,"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions\/2266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}