How to Manage Migratory Pests and Potential Food Crises Locusts Plagues in the 2020's

• Main Authors: Lecoq, Michel, Cease, Arianne
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: aggregation; aggregation behaviour; application; barrier treatment; Beauveria bassiana; bio-pesticide; biological control; Biology, life sciences; biopesticide; brown locust; capacity-and-capability model; Coarctotermes clepsydra; control; control strategy; convergence cross mapping; crop loss; density-dependent phase polyphenism; desert locust; Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål 1775); desert locusts; distribution; Dociostaurus maroccanus; drone; dynamics; early warning; ecology; ecosystem processes; ENSO; entomophagy; environmental governance; epizootics; field efficacy; field monitoring; food; global justice; grasshopper; greenhouse; gregarious locusts; high altitude plateau; impediments; insect; insecticide disturbance; insecurity; integrated pest management; invasion route; IOD; Kalman filter; Karoo; land cover; lethal effect; Life Sciences; linseed oil; locust; locust biology; locust ecology; locust plagues; locust swarm; locust swarms; Locustana pardalina; locusts; malnutrition; management; Mathematics and Science; Mesopotamia; Metarhizium acridum; Metarhizium anisopliae; migration; moral agents; n/a; NAO; natural barrier; Near East; necromones; night-roosting site choice; non-target effects; Nosema locustae; nutrient cycling; nutritional value; Oriental Migratory Locust Locusta migratoria manilensis (Meyen 1835); outbreak; outbreak patterns; outbreaks management; pastureland; plague; plant protection; population; population dynamics; population management; preventative and reactive programs; preventive control; preventive strategy; proaction; recovery; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; resilience; responsibility; Schistocerca gregaria; Schistocerca greraria; social connections model; social sciences; social variables; SOI; spectral analysis; spectral coherence; spray history; sublethal effect; sunspot groups; surveillance; survival; swarming potential of resident species; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; threshold; Tibet; unmanned aerial vehicle; upsurge; war; West Siberian Plain; Locusts; Food crisis; Sustainability; Biological control; Preventive management strategy; Outbreaks; Pests; Monitoring and forecasting; Invasions
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-5751-9
• ISBN: 9783036557526; 3036557520; 9783036557519; 3036557512

Locusts are a threat to agriculture and livelihoods in many countries globally. The economic, social, and environmental consequences of these highly migratory pests are so substantial that they are treated as a national priority by many countries; several international commissions have been established to unite efforts. This Special Issue aims to shed light on some overarching questions: what have we learned from historical outbreaks; how serious is the threat; what research is ongoing and is needed to better manage these insects; how should the world respond to plagues today, especially in the context of climate change; are recommended preventive strategies really effective and what are the constraints to their application; and is there a possibility to make better use of biological alternatives to chemical pesticides?