Weeks ago, the International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA) alerted Central American authorities to the possible outbreaks of Schistocerca piceifrons Walker (Central American eating locust).

Guatemala is the second country to confirm the presence of the pest, given that on July 15 the Salvadoran government announced that the devouring locust had been found in a nymphological state.

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An article in Prensalibre.com reports that "... technicians and squads from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (Maga), went to control an outbreak of locusts that was located in pastures in Petén and another in Jutiapa, while the other pests targeted are fungi and bacteria."

The publication adds that "... In Petén, damage was detected for 11 farms in grasslands in Mopan and Dolores, and the presence began to be observed from July 6 onwards, in the pastures. Meanwhile, in the hill of the vipers Atescatempa, Jutiapa - bordering El Salvador - the quantified damage is to some 10 farms of corn and beans and the crops were abandoned due to the presence of the pest."

The crops that are most affected by this pest are corn, beans, sorghum, soybeans, peanuts, sugarcane, chili, tomatoes, citrus, bananas, coconuts, mangoes and also pastureland.

Source: prensalibre.com

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