Author(s)

Lazar Mohammed¹, Aliou Diongue², Jeng-Tze Yang^3*, Doumandji-Mitiche Bahia⁴, Lecoq Michel⁵

¹Institut National de la Protection des Végétaux, Alger, Algérie.
²United Nations World Food Programme, Dakar, Sénégal.
³National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung.
⁴Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique, Alger, Algérie.
⁵CIRAD, Montpellier, France.

In the southern Algerian Sahara, populations of the desert locust have been monitored during the past 43 years. On a limited study area, the use of remote sensing data from Landsat 7 ETM+ and Terra MODIS, coupled with the locust population database, allowed the identification and mapping of solitary desert locust breeding areas during remission periods. These sites are mainly located in wadis and in areas of accumulation/spreading of rainwater. The use of this methodology to all the Algerian Sahara is surely possible in order to improve the preventive management of this pest.

Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria, Remote Sensing, Modis, Landsat, Early Warning

Lazar, M., Diongue, A., Yang, J., Doumandji-Mitiche, B. and Lecoq, M. (2015) Location and Characterization of Breeding Sites of Solitary Desert Locust Using Satellite Images Landsat 7 ETM+ and Terra MODIS. Advances in Entomology, 3, 6-15. doi: 10.4236/ae.2015.31002.