Study believed to be the first to test this method in real-world farming conditions; soil amendments resulted in fewer locusts, less damage and a doubled crop yield.
Study believed to be the first to test this method in real-world farming conditions; soil amendments resulted in fewer locusts, less damage and a doubled crop yield.
“They’re very destructive when there's a lot of them, but one on one, what's not to love?” Arianne Cease says.
She’s talking about locusts.
As the director of Arizona State University’s Global Locust Initiative, Cease has a healthy admiration for these insects, even as she studies ways to manage locust swarms and prevent the destruction they cause.
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Image: PhD student Sydney Millerwise holds a migratory locust in ASU’s Global Locust Initiative Lab. A new study points to a way to manage locusts and prevent their damage to crops. Photo by Quinton Kendall/ASU
