What Have We Learned after Millennia of Locust Invasions?
Locust outbreaks have long been a very serious problem for agriculture and livelihoods in many countries globally. This article is an introduction to a Special Issue of the journal Agronomy devoted to the management of these pests. Although not exhaustive, the nineteen articles herein cover a variet...
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| description | Locust outbreaks have long been a very serious problem for agriculture and livelihoods in many countries globally. This article is an introduction to a Special Issue of the journal Agronomy devoted to the management of these pests. Although not exhaustive, the nineteen articles herein cover a variety of species, many regions of the world and many aspects of pest locust management and research in the early 21st century. This book is a source of information and reflection, as well as a resource, to support new areas of investigation and practice contributing to the process of developing sustainable solutions for locust invasions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07fe9814c04646e6835052e77d17c6852023-11-23T18:22:37ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952022-02-0112247210.3390/agronomy12020472What Have We Learned after Millennia of Locust Invasions?Michel Lecoq0Arianne Cease1CIRAD, UMR CBGP, F-34398 Montpellier, FranceSchool of Sustainability and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USALocust outbreaks have long been a very serious problem for agriculture and livelihoods in many countries globally. This article is an introduction to a Special Issue of the journal Agronomy devoted to the management of these pests. Although not exhaustive, the nineteen articles herein cover a variety of species, many regions of the world and many aspects of pest locust management and research in the early 21st century. This book is a source of information and reflection, as well as a resource, to support new areas of investigation and practice contributing to the process of developing sustainable solutions for locust invasions.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/472locust plaguescontrolmanagementpreventive strategylocust biologylocust ecology |
| spellingShingle | Michel Lecoq Arianne Cease What Have We Learned after Millennia of Locust Invasions? Agronomy locust plagues control management preventive strategy locust biology locust ecology |
| title | What Have We Learned after Millennia of Locust Invasions? |
| title_full | What Have We Learned after Millennia of Locust Invasions? |
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| title_full_unstemmed | What Have We Learned after Millennia of Locust Invasions? |
| title_short | What Have We Learned after Millennia of Locust Invasions? |
| title_sort | what have we learned after millennia of locust invasions |
| topic | locust plagues control management preventive strategy locust biology locust ecology |
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