The battles against locusts: new insecticides sought

Last year the Sahelian countries again fell victim to attacks by locusts. This time the desert locust populations (Schistocerca gregaria) - devastated by massive doses of insecticide and by cold and drought - posed little threat, but the various...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1990
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45243
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Summary:Last year the Sahelian countries again fell victim to attacks by locusts. This time the desert locust populations (Schistocerca gregaria) - devastated by massive doses of insecticide and by cold and drought - posed little threat, but the various...