BIOPESTICIDES CAN DEFEAT LOCUST PLAGUES SAYS FAO
August 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is claiming bio-pesticides can defeat locust infestation, having claimed success in fighting the destructive insect in Tanzania with the 'Green Muscle' pesticide. This includes spores of the fungus 'Metarhizium anisopliae' and a mixture of mineral oils. "The biopesticide is not toxic to humans and kills only locusts and grasshoppers; it has no other environmental side-effects," said an FAO note. It coordinated the use of Green Muscle in 10,000 hectares of Tanzania's Iku-Katavi National ...
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