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Chapter 226
"The locusts arrived in Dubai, and the entire desert peninsula was besieged by locusts. The number was as high as 400 billion."
"The entire eastern and northern part of the Philippines has been devoured by locusts, and there is no harvest. The mainland of the Philippines may usher in a terrible famine."
"The league urgently convened a permanent council to discuss the joint eradication of locusts and seek solutions to the global food crisis."
"The Ethiopian government has used drones to spray pesticides on the locust swarms, and even invested in the army to help eliminate the locusts. However, the effect is minimal, and the locusts are still raging everywhere."
"Experts suggested using the latest powerful pesticides, which may quickly reduce the number of locusts and gradually kill them. However, they were strongly opposed by the World Environmental Protection Organization. The two sides argued with each other, and there is no final result yet."
"Bayer Group announced that its pesticide company has launched research on special pesticides to kill locusts, and will strive to reduce environmental pollution and damage to protect the future."
"The Roche Group and DuPont announced that they will develop a new biopesticide against locusts. At present, they have discovered a fungus that only targets locusts, which can kill locusts without harming the environment and other insects."
A piece of news scrolled quickly, constantly refreshing the perception of netizens.
No one expected that a small plague of locusts in the Philippines could have such a big impact.
Not only are the governments of various countries helpless, but even the deployment of planes and troops to spray pesticides in the air cannot control the plague of locusts.
Fortunately, global pharmaceutical giants have begun to make efforts, entering the field of pesticides one after another, and developing new drugs to kill locusts.
This finally brings a glimmer of hope to people all over the world.
Everyone is eagerly looking forward to the fact that these high-tech companies can immediately develop new pesticides to completely eradicate the plague of locusts.
The field of pharmaceuticals is mainly divided into three categories: human drugs, pesticides and veterinary drugs. The market for human drugs is the largest and the competition is also the largest.
However, the market size of the other two fields is not small, both of which are tens of billions of dollars. If they can become leading enterprises, they can also guarantee billions of dollars in annual sales.
Some large pharmaceutical companies have suffered frequent blows in the field of human medicine in the past two years, and need to develop new fields. At this moment, they have set their sights on the new direction of pesticides.
The global pesticide market is 70 billion US dollars, and the volume is still quite large.
If they can expand rapidly in this field, it might become a new profit growth point for enterprises.
In particular, this global locust plague not only triggered a surge in pesticide sales, but also attracted the attention of governments of various countries. It is a good opportunity to build a corporate reputation.
Even some veterinary drug companies feel that they are more professional in killing insects, and want to seize this opportunity, and have announced the development of new pesticides to kill locusts.
In the past, they didn't pay much attention to pesticides, thinking that the technical content was not high, and limited by environmental protection requirements, the use of pesticides became less and less.
The control of pests in most countries tends to cultivate ecology and use natural enemies of pests.
In the past, to deal with locusts, European eagle countries used natural enemies such as spiders, while China used chickens and ducks to control locusts.
However, these measures are not needed now, because the number of locusts is too large. To exterminate 400 billion locusts, how many spiders, chickens and ducks are not enough.
Soon, the Roche Group announced that they had successfully developed a new type of locust-killing fungus, a genetically modified insect-growing fungus, which can effectively kill locusts, with a lethal rate of over 90% in the laboratory.
This fungus only targets locusts and can spread widely among locust swarms, thereby inhibiting the reproduction speed of locusts, but it will not cause harm to other insects. Even if birds eat poisoned locusts, they will not get sick.
It sounds good, but it takes time to cultivate a large amount of this biopesticide, and is limited by factors such as temperature, humidity, and air circulation. It takes a week to take effect after spreading, which is more suitable for small-scale locust control.
In a week, the locusts had already gnawed all the crops in a country and went to the next place.
The effect of Roche's biological insecticide is too slow, and people only have time to be happy for a while, and then start to be disappointed again.
Bayer also announced at this time that they have successfully improved on the basis of existing insecticides and developed a new type of chemical insecticide that can kill hundreds of billions of locusts at a very low cost. It is efficient, fast, and inexpensive. , can be described as the best choice for locust extermination at the moment.
However, Bayer did not provide enough data to explain the toxicity of pesticides and the harm to the environment. It only said that follow-up research is still underway, and it is hoped that they can be adopted by the affected countries as soon as possible.
The International Food and Agriculture Organization was very interested in this pesticide at the beginning, but after further research, there was no follow-up soon.
Over time, agriculture has taken a major hit in all countries.
Crops such as barley, wheat and rice are favorites of the locusts, and they are quickly eaten up.
The government of Dubai has given up completely, their methods of extermination are completely ineffective, and the tourism industry has also been hit hard due to the locusts everywhere.
After all, no tourist would go to the disaster-stricken area at this time and enjoy the fun of locusts flying into their mouths as soon as they open their mouths.
Originally, Dubai was an important hub of the desert peninsula, but the sudden drop in tourists has made the local government unable to cry.
The kingdom of Tianzhu is also waiting at the border. The locusts have reached Baki, and the next target is Tianzhu.
Tianzhu has always been a major grain exporter. If Tianzhu's grain falls, it may not only affect Asia, but the whole world will fall into a food crisis.
Therefore, Tianzhu has received a lot of international help, and many countries have offered to help. Even Eagle Country has declared that it will fully support Tianzhu in resisting the locust plague. With such strong support, many small countries in the Philippines are envious.
400 billion locusts flapped their wings and flew straight to Tianzhu.
The whole world was sweating for Tianzhu.
However, just one day later, the Tianzhu Kingdom announced that the locusts had basically been wiped out, and the locust plague had been effectively controlled.
The eyeballs of the governments of various countries fell out instantly, and they were all shocked, thinking that this was simply a fantasy.
Isn't Tianzhu playing an international joke with the whole world?
The day before, I asked for help everywhere, begged my grandpa to tell my grandma, and then turned around and said that the locust plague had been brought under control, and the speed of extermination was too fast.
The Tianzhu Kingdom quickly announced its own measures to eliminate locusts, which was even more surprising.
President Tianzhu spoke cheerfully on TV.
"Our country sent a large number of drones to spray pesticides, and invested in the army to participate in the war against insects, so the locusts were basically wiped out in just one day."
"Thanks to the heroic fighters. With their full efforts, the locust plague can be eliminated so quickly. It can be seen that man will conquer the sky. As long as you work hard, the locust plague is nothing."
The governments of various countries can no longer calm down. They all feel that Tianzhu is talking nonsense with its eyes open, but there is no evidence.
The unreliability of Tianzhu Kingdom has always been famous all over the world. Even if they dispatched the whole country's army to spray pesticides, it is impossible to wipe out 400 billion locusts in one day.
You know, other countries also dispatched planes and troops, but they failed to completely wipe out the locusts for several months.
Unless the Ganges River evaporated overnight and the poisonous mist killed all the locusts, it would still make people feel a little more credible.
Just when the governments of various countries were doubtful, the answer was finally revealed.
The Persian government jumped out and issued a statement, giving a definite answer.
It turns out that southern Persia, which is 700 kilometers away, is also an important food producing area. It rains for several days in succession, which is more suitable for locusts to lay eggs. Therefore, most locusts abandoned Tianzhu and turned around and flew towards southern Persia.
The Persian government not only slapped Tianzhu in the face, but also reminded them kindly.
"Please don't take the Tianzhu government lightly. Although the locusts have come to our country, they will fly away soon. Your country needs to be vigilant at all times when the locusts come again. At the same time, you must also pay attention to the eggs produced on the border of Tianzhu before the locusts fly away. Effective control will face a more severe pest situation."
When Tianzhu heard the news, it stopped being complacent, and after cheekily expressing its gratitude to the Persian government, it quickly threw itself into the war against insects.
Seeing hundreds of billions of locust swarms flying along the coast of the Red Sea, flying across the desert peninsula, and invading Tianzhu and Baki, domestic netizens are also worried.
If the locust plague really invades the country, it will definitely have a major impact on the border provinces of China.
The masses can no longer eat melons calmly on the Internet, and are anxiously discussing Huaxia's countermeasures.
"What if locusts invade our country?"
"What should I do? Let's eat cold salad, trust the government and don't panic."
"Why haven't Chinese pharmaceutical companies and agricultural companies developed new drugs to kill locusts?"
"With their poor technical strength, what new pesticides can they develop?"
"Don't be impatient, everyone. At least our country's drone technology is still very developed, and there is no doubt about the production of pesticides, not to mention the enthusiasm of the soldiers. The combination of the three is definitely more reliable than the locust eradication in Tianzhu."
"Has it been reduced to the point of comparing with Tianzhu's achievements in locust eradication?"
"It's better to pray for the whole people, so that all the locusts in Tianzhu will eat up and die sooner."
"Actually, with the barrier of the Himalayas, there is little risk of desert locusts invading our country."
"It's true, let the locusts brought by the heat climb the snow-capped mountains, and they will freeze to death in the cold."
At this time, the speech of an agricultural expert quickly sparked heated discussions on the Internet.
"Huaxia Duck, this year will go abroad to exterminate locusts!"
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