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Locust cloud surveillance increases depending on the heat reaching RS

With higher temperatures expected to reach Rio Grande do Sul, Seapdr increases surveillance of the possible entry of the locust cloud from Argentina

17.07.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Senasa locates new cloud of locusts in Corrientes (AR)

Mapa holds webinar on pest control in case of outbreak in Brazil

16.07.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Once again Senasa locates part of the locust cloud in the province of Corrientes (AR)

Senasa team located the pest in Estancia Che Mbae, department of Curuzú Cuatiá, Corrientes (AR)

09.07.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Senasa coordinates new treatments to contain locust clouds

Together with the province of Corrientes (AR), treatments were carried out on 115 hectares to reduce the pest established near Paraje El Descanso (AR)

03.07.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Mapa trains employees to combat locusts

Training was carried out via video conference for 100 employees and technicians from Seapdr, Emater and the Ministry itself

02.07.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Ordinance defines emergency measures to control locusts in the event of an outbreak in Brazil

Guidelines are preventive in nature, as the locust cloud continues in Argentine territory, with no forecast of reaching Brazil

30.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Embrapa

Good microorganisms fight pests in crops

Lethal viruses, bacteria and fungi (but harmless to humans and the environment) can combat clouds of locusts and caterpillars in crops

29.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Pests

Locust cloud decreases after aerial applications

For Sunday, ground treatments were planned 65 kilometers from Curuzú Cuatiá, in the Province of Corrientes, where insects were located

28.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Low temperatures keep locusts in Argentina

Corrientes region (AR), where the cloud was last seen, registered 6,4ºC early this Friday morning

26.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Pests

Mapa launches technical manual for locust control in Brazil

Publication guides monitoring, informs phases of the pest, how to identify, preventive treatment and general guidance on the use of agrochemicals

26.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Southern Brazil enters phytosanitary emergency due to locusts

States of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina will have a plan to suppress and adopt emergency measures against Schistocerca cancellata

25.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Government of Santa Catarina monitors locust cloud in Argentina

Cloud monitoring will be carried out preventively, with integration of the bodies involved and coordinated by CIGERD

25.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

According to Senasa, a cloud of locusts continues to move towards Uruguay

Working group remains on alert and mobilization

25.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Cold front offers respite but locust monitoring continues

Government of Rio Grande do Sul intensifies monitoring after the state was declared an area of health emergency by the Ministry of Agriculture, together with Santa Catarina

25.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)