Desert Locust Swarms

Why is it in News?
  • Locust swarming in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
More on News
  • shalabasana – term of Mahabharata times for a swarm of locusts.
  • British Government had set up Locust Warning Organizations (LWOs) since the early 1900s at Jodhpur and Karachi
  • Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage – Contingency plan for for desert locust invasions, outbreaks and upsurges.
  • “Locust Environmental Booklet” – document of Food and Agricultural Organization ( It is a body of UN and located at Rome)
  • International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad – updated ‘locust swarm and its management’
  • Serotonin – regulates mood and social behaviour in locusts  => neurochemical stimulations => phenomenon of coming together
  • insecticides (mainly malathion)  - generally used for locusts
Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 7th Jun 2020
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