The crisis has affected 23 countries to date, from Pakistan to Tanzania. 3. The desert locust is among the most dangerous migratory pests in the world. According to the Food and Agriculture ...

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The main species that it breeds is the migratory locust, but it also farms the desert locust, and a bush cricket called nsenene. "We can breed 400 million locusts a year in our facilities," says ...

A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature pinpointed the trigger: Migratory locusts respond to a pheromone called 4-vinylanisole (4VA). 4VA is specific to that one type of locust ...

Fewer passage migrant birds were observed in the Rann of Kutch this year compared to the last two years. Researchers suggest ...

Animal migration has fascinated humans for millennia. And for good reason: Some of the most astonishing feats of endurance are performed by long-distance migrants, such as the nine-day non-stop ...

Extreme wind and rain may lead to bigger and worse desert locust outbreaks Megaswarms could have devastating effects on the global food chain It's been described by the UN as the 'most destructive ...

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Widely distributed in North America, the migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius), lives in a multitude of habitats. It is a common inhabitant of grasslands and meadows. Host plants ...

In frozen dough applications, hydrocolloids such as gums and starches are stabilizing superstars. This is due to their great ...