Locust by FARHAN https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx Heavy locust attack in India en-us 2020-06-15 09:58:41 UTC 2025-04-02 21:32:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f997.png Ans. BBQ_RX_farhan_alam https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627212219 Favourable conditions for breeding:
=> Moist sandy or sand/clay soil to depths of 10-15 cm below the surface
=> Some bare areas for egg-laying, and green vegetation for hopper development.
=> Often favourable conditions may exist in the desert but there are no locusts present.





 
]]> 2020-06-15 11:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627212219 Ans. BBQ_RX_farhan_alam https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627219051 Solitary phase (low numbers and densities):
=>Locusts behave as individuals, much like grasshoppers.
=>In gregarious phase, they form dense and highly mobile (marching) bands of hoppers and flying swarms of adults (winged locusts), which behave as an entity.

]]> 2020-06-15 12:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627219051 Ans BBQ_RX_farhan_alam https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627222825 As they need bare land to lay eggs , huge desert and barren land of Rajasthan makes up for the perfect condition far away from area of dense vegetation . Once the egg   hatches , they fly away from the desert lands . Since kharif crops are to be sown , it can cause  big problems. Currently , with no crops in the fields , the report mentioned that the swarms have invaded green spaces like parks and orchards in Jaipur and Nagpur .]]> 2020-06-15 12:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627222825 Ans. BBQ_RX_farhan_alam https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627227157 There are two meteorological drivers behind the current locust attack in India
1.Unseasonal heavy rains in the main spring-breeding tracts in Arabian peninsula in March-April.
2.Strong westerly winds from the Arabian peninsula to India.
3.According to meteorologists, a differential pattern of warming in the Indian Ocean (Indian-ocean dipole) may be a trigger.
4.Due to climate change, the anomalies in the Indian ocean dipole are increasing and subsequently, the monsoon pattern, intensity, cyclonic storms, are undergoing change.]]> 2020-06-15 12:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627227157 Ans. BBQ_RX_farhan_alam https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627231817 Locust infestation is largely found in Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. Talasari, Dahanu and Jawhar talukas of Palghar district bordering Gujarat have been alerted about the locust infestation.]]> 2020-06-15 12:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627231817 BBQ_RX_farhan_alam https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627247836 2020-06-15 12:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627247836 BBQ_RX_farhan_alam https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627251827 2020-06-15 12:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627251827 BBQ_RX_farhan_alam https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627252587 2020-06-15 12:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627252587 Ans. BBQ_RX_farhan_alam https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627513013 The measures that the government should take to curb the locust problem In India are:
•Should buy and spray pesticides for the prevention from locusts in several areas especially The areas where crops are grown or agriculture is taking place.
•The centeral government of india should provide money or funds to the state governments of the places where there are locusts.
•Government should start a ‘abhyan’ or something in which every state can show there contribution by providing money To the areas  which are facing locust problem.
]]> 2020-06-15 15:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627513013 BBQ_RX_farhan_alam https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627516455 I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to Sst staff as well as our principal Seema jerath who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic locust.

There were also a few websites which gave us all the content we needed-
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust
2. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/group/locusts/
3. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/agriculture/locust-attack-in-india/article31729025.ece 
Thanks a lot to them.]]> 2020-06-15 15:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/627516455 BBQ_RX_farhan_alam https://padlet.com/bbq_rx_farhan_alam/drz2rd0yr20pe9gx/wish/640911766

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