Treatments with biopesticide Metarhizium acridum were carried out against Moroccan and Italian locusts in Tajikistan during the 2026 campaign, with very good results. They were conducted by the State Entity “Locust Control Expedition”...

Moroccan locust (DMA) hopper development was almost completed in Central Asia (CA); mass fledging and mating started, as well as egg-laying in the southern areas. DMA hatching was observed, followed by hopper development,...

The Practical Guidelines on Locust and Grasshopper Monitoring in Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) cover the identification and morphology of three main economic locust and 12 grasshopper species in CCA, as well as a detailed...

The Practical Guidelines on Locust and Grasshopper Monitoring in Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA), published in last February in Russian, have just been issued in English. They cover the identification and morphology of...

From 25 to 31 May 2026, 10 000 hectares (ha) were jointly surveyed in border arears between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan by a nine-member team, comprising four experts from the Kazakh Republican Methodological Centre...