The Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region

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02 Aug 2024 Desert Locust Bulletin No. 550, Aug 2024
SUMMER BREEDING EXPECTED

08 Jul 2024 Desert Locust Bulletin, No. 549, July 2024
Summer Rains Started

03 Jun 2024 Desert Locust Bulletin, No. 548, Jun. 2024
All Outbreaks Ended

21 May 2024 Operational-scale field trial of using Metarhizium acridum
First Operational-scale field trial of the entomopathogen Metarhizium acridum (NOVACRID ) against Locust in Oman (May 2024)

02 May 2024 Desert Locust Bulletin No. 547, May 2024
Outbreaks Decreased

03 Apr 2024 Desert Locust Bulletin No. 546, Apr 2024
Hopper Bands Decline

04 Mar 2024 Desert Locust Bulletin, No. 545, Mar. 2024
Second Generation Breeding

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