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Life cycle of desert locust (adapted from Weather and Desert Locusts, WMO & FAO,2016).

Life cycle of desert locust (adapted from Weather and Desert Locusts, WMO & FAO,2016).

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Figure 1: Soil test related to crop yield response
Fig.2: Life cycle of desert locust (adapted from Weather and Desert...
Fig.3: Breeding of Desert Locust in Nara, Cholistan. (FAO was published...
Fig.4: The different districts area of Pakistan vulnerable to locust...
Locust Ravages & Food Security
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  • Aug 2020
Locusts, herbivorous insect, is a serious pest for agriculture. Its mobile swarms damage crops. It attacked agriculture sector in 2019-2020 and did heavy losses to crop production in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Punjab and Sindh. So much so that KP declared it as locust emergency. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United N...
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... life cycle of desert locust is about 3-6 months and may extend in cold conditions and heavy rainfall. It might damage recent crops cotton, sugarcane including mangoes, bananas and dates production There are 3 main stages that includes egg laying, hopper (nymph) and adult (locust) (as shown in Fig.2). The female locust may averagely lay 80-160 eggs at the same time. ...