Secretariat of Agriculture releases monitoring report on locust outbreak in RS

The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development (Seapdr) released this Thursday, December 3rd, the monitoring report on the locust outbreak in Rio Grande do Sul. The surveys were carried out on site in the Northwest region, from November 30th on December 2, according to the notification of the occurrence of locust outbreaks.

According to the agronomist and head of Seapdr's Plant Health Defense Division, Ricardo Felicetti, individuals were collected at the site to identify the species of grasshoppers that are occurring in the region, determining on site the incidence and intensity of defoliation in crops and areas of Woods.

Felicetti highlights that the municipalities with reports of outbreaks were Santo Augusto, São Valério do Sul, Chiapeta, Coronel Bicaco, Campo Novo and Bom Progresso. “Two species of grasshoppers belonging to the Romaleidae Family were identified by experts, Zoniopoda iheringi e Chromacris speciosa. These are not migratory locusts from the Acrididae Family, which was the reason for the Phytosanitary Emergency Ordinance due to the risk of entry into Argentina from May onwards”, he explains.

See the full Report available here.