Desert locust schistocerca gregaria forskål (Acrididae): Biology, management and strategies: A review Rajak Dinesh Chandra1, Yadav Jyoti1,* 1Regional Plant Quarantine Station, Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage, New Delhi-110 037, India *Corresponding Author: Jyoti Yadav, Regional Plant Quarantine Station, Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage, New Delhi-110 037, India, Email: yadavjyoti694@gmail.com
Online published on 27 October, 2023. Abstract Early 2020 witnessed the emergence of global agrarian crisis with the widespread burgeoning of the destructive migratory pest, Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) in East Africa, South-west Asia, Pakistan and India. Characterized by the ability to eat ravenously, breed exponentially and migrate rapidly; locust swarms has led to substantial agrarian disaster. The current official strategy is to control the upsurges to evade plague. Though the strategy may seem attractive and efficient, it is sensible only if the numbers are relatively low. The socio-economic and environmental challenges posed by the unprecedented locust outbreak has prompted the scientists worldwide to emanate an effective preventive management strategy based on updated knowledge of pest biology, ecology and behaviour along with efficient monitoring, data management, analysis, forecasting, resource deployment and control techniques. Additionally, the integrated network of field teams, decision makers, analysts, rural governing bodies and farmers could potentially offer better compliance to the pest management strategies. Top Keywords Gregarious, Hopper band, Outbreak, Plague, Solitary, Swarm, Upsurge. Top |