BENEFITS OF ULV APPLICATION TO CONTROL LOCUSTS IN CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA
Clayton J.S. Gapparov F.A. Latchininsky A.V. Nurjonov F.A. Duissembekov B.A.
April 2024Research Information Ltd
Outlooks on Pest Management
2024#35Issue 247 - 55 pp.
This paper discusses the state-of-the-art of Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) spray application with rotary atomisers in the Caucasus and Central Asian (CCA) region to control locusts. The technology is widely used around the world for locust control and promoted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) as an effective and efficient control intervention that meets the scale and challenge posed by large area locust outbreaks. The technology utilises precisely controlled spray droplets in the range 50–100um using ready-to-use oil-based ULV formulations to target locusts more efficiently. Volume rates as low as 0.5-1.0 l/ha are utilised which greatly improves productivity of ground and aerial spray applications, timeliness, and reduces cost and waste of pesticide and water. ULV has become more widely adopted in CCA during recent years to control major economic pests such as Moroccan, Italian, and Asian migratory locusts. Its further adoption is hampered by the lack of available ULV formulations in the region and need for investment and training in the technology. ULV technology is highly appropriate for use of biological products to reduce risks to operators and the environment and efforts to increase regional cooperation and the registration of safer pesticides across the region present opportunities for its wider adoption.
biologicals , Central Asia , locusts , spraying , ultra-low volume , ULV
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Micron Sprayers Ltd, Herefordshire, Bromyard, HR74HS, United Kingdom
Scientific Research Institute of Plant Quarantine and Protection, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine named after Zhazken Zhiembayev (KazRIPPQ), Almaty, Kazakhstan
Micron Sprayers Ltd
Scientific Research Institute of Plant Quarantine and Protection
University of Wyoming
Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine named after Zhazken Zhiembayev (KazRIPPQ)
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