a negative trendp = 0.017
Khurasan was the only district showing a negative trend in infested areas ( p = 0.017; R 2 = 0.452).
Khurasan was the only district showing a negative trend in infested areas ( p = 0.017; R 2 = 0.452).
Conclusions The research conducted between 2012 and 2023 reveals a clear trend of increasing locust infestations across Tajikistan, with southern Tajikistan emerging as the most severely impacted region.
Worldwide, there is an increasing trend towards adopting biological control methods for managing agricultural pests in order to protect environmental and human health [ 24 , 31 ].