Pest Control
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Fruit, Pest Control, Ag United Kingdom,

Another bad year for box plants as invasive caterpillar tops pest list again "An invasive caterpillar that destroys box trees has topped the list of pests gardeners are worried about for the third year in a row. The Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) annual list of the top plant pests and diseases facing British gardens shows the box tree moth caterpillar was once again the top concern in 2019, as the species becomes more widespread. The caterpillar, a native of East Asia first discovered in the UK in 2011, feeds vociferously on box plants under a blanket of pale fine webbing that can cover infected plants. The charity’s analysis of thousands of queries it received from gardeners last year found the caterpillar triggered more inquiries than the rest of the top five pests combined."

John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Pest Control, Ag South America,

www.news24.com/Africa "Swarms of locusts in Ethiopia have damaged 200 000 hectares of cropland and driven around a million people to require emergency food aid, the United Nations says. The findings from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), which recently concluded a joint assessment with the Ethiopian government, come as the region is bracing for new swarms that could be even more destructive. Billions of desert locusts, some in swarms the size of Moscow, have already chomped their way through much of East Africa, including Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Eritrea, Tanzania, Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda."

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Topics: Wheat, Pest Control, Ag Middle East,

Rains to worsen locust outbreak, harm wheat crop Amin AhmedUpdated April 19, 2020 ISLAMABAD: Raising concerns over unseasonal rains in March and Arpil in the country, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its report said desert locust outbreak will worsen and eventually harm wheat crop in Pakistan. The country has been facing locust infestation since the beginning of 2019. Abundant rains during March and April has improved vegetation conditions which along with warm temperatures in April could support locust breeding. An increase in locust numbers may damage late-planted wheat crops still to be harvested, the report said. Overall, 2020 wheat production is expected to remain close to the five-year average, but below previous expectations of a bumper output, FAO said in an analysis report on Pakistan."

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