antilocust

alternative anti-locust

1. not comparableDestroying or opposing locusts.

   The locust problem has plagued Chinese agriculture for as long as Chinese history is dated. […] The first antilocust decree was issued in 29 A.D.[…].

   1982 March, James H. Tsai, “Entomology in the People’s Republic of China”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume XC, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Allen Press for the New York Entomological Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 189

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   From the point of view of organization, war conditions proved to be, paradoxically, more favorable for an anti-locust campaign than normal times. The importance of safeguarding vital food supplies, both for the troops and the population, became a powerful factor in obtaining the willing cooperation of all concerned.

   1942 December 15 (date delivered), B[oris] P[etrovitch] Uvarov, “The Locust Plague”, in Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution […] (publication 3776), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, pages 342–343

   The aircraft is specially equipped for antilocust spraying operations. In addition a Cessna-type aircraft also equipped for spraying is proceeding from Iran to Afghanistan. Both aircraft have been participating in U.S. Government antilocust assistance efforts in Iran.

   1962 May 29, “U.S. Helps Afghanistan Fight Locust Menace [press release 342]”, in The Department of State Bulletin (publication 7389), volume XLVI, number 1199, Washington, D.C.: Office of Public Services, Bureau of Public Affairs, [United States Department of State], published 18 June 1962, →OCLC, page 988, column 1

   The author suggests flooding fields to destroy eggs; the use of smoke and ditches filled with brine to combat 'plagues'; and such anti-locust specifics as oil of wormwood, extract of centaury, and bitter lupins boiled in brine.

   1984 January–February, “Notes and Observations: An Anonymous Sixteenth-century Treatise on Locusts”, in J. M. Chalmers-Hunt, editor, The Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation, volume 96, numbers 1–2, London: […] Frowde & Co. [for the Amateur Entomologists’ Society], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34

   The gregarization threshold may be reflective of the hopper environment, particulary the structure of the vegetation. […] We believe that the threshold concept takes on certain significance and is of considerable value for the local antilocust survey service, even if the figures are only a rough estimate.

   2011, Michel Lecoq, Abdou Chamouine, My-Hanh Luong-Skovmand, “Phase-dependent Color Polyphenism in Field Populations of Red Locust Nymphs (Nomadacris septemfasciata Serv.) in Madagascar”, in Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, volume 2011, Cambridge, Mass.: Hindawi Publishing Corporation for the Cambridge Entomology Club, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, article ID 105352, page 9, column 1