Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 572 Metarhizium anisopliae

I can't turn over the entire pasture and remove the locust eggs one by one!

The workload is so overwhelming that it makes you question your life.

Even with a mechanical behemoth like the John Deere 9620rx, it is not easy to complete such a large amount of work.

Not to mention that in that case, the damage to the entire pasture ecology would probably be greater than the damage caused by these locust eggs after hatching... It would be equivalent to killing [-] enemies and damaging [-].

Old Wei and other veterans also had sad faces. After all, anyone who has personally experienced the locust plague that just passed and witnessed the overwhelming situation of desert locusts will know how urgent the situation is.

"Damn it, is there no way to effectively kill these locust eggs without destroying the pasture ecology?"

Wang Lu also spoke angrily.

"Boss, we can try biological control methods! I know there are some bacteria or something like that that can kill these locust eggs before they hatch! It's similar to the parasitic wasps we introduced before to deal with those ticks Like a bug!"

Parker also quickly expressed his suggestions.

Wang Lu was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

Biological control?

The previously introduced parasitic wasps themselves have an impact. They can parasitize the eggs they lay on tick eggs, thereby using those tick eggs as a source of nutrition for their offspring.

Moreover, Wang Lu clearly sensed the capabilities of these parasitic wasps. Since the introduction of parasitoid wasps, at least the number of ticks in the living area has been reduced to an undetectable level. No livestock or people have been infected by ticks anymore. Bites occur.

Therefore, Wang Lu was immediately interested in the suggestion made by Parker.

But obviously, this guy is half-baked in this regard. He has only heard about the relevant news, and he can't say anything specific.

This also made Wang Lu anxious like an ant on a hot pot, but he soon had a clue.

If you are not sure about this matter, then ask a professional!
As soon as Wang Lu made a call, he placed a call directly to Professor Qin's old friend's mobile phone.

Since the sisal harvest in the ranch was successfully harvested, the old professor left the ranch with his students. He had successfully completed his task of providing technical guidance to Wang Lu. Those students who had been at the ranch for a long time They all have to go back and improve their papers and so on.

But the two professors Wang Lu and Qin Zhao kept in touch. When the rice, corn, etc. in the pasture matured, they would think of sending some back to these two.

So as soon as Wang Lu's call came through, he was quickly connected, and Professor Qin's hearty voice also sounded on the other end of the phone:

"You're a guy who doesn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for any reason. If you want to find me, an old man, to specify what the matter is, just tell me!"

As expected of a human being, Wang Lu silently gave Professor Qin a thumbs up, and then quickly explained the current situation at the ranch on the phone. Professor Qin on the other end of the phone suddenly took a breath of air. :
"Locust plague? I saw it on the news two days ago. I didn't expect that even you would be affected!"

After a pause, Professor Qin also understood the seriousness of the problem, and then said: "You are really right to find me. We have been studying biological control methods of locusts in our country, although we have not yet developed a method that can control locusts." It is a method that harmlessly kills adult locusts that cause major disasters, but the prevention and control of these locust eggs has already achieved certain results."

Hearing this, Wang Lu suddenly became energetic!
"Mr. Qin, then I have to ask you for help!"

"Don't worry. Although I'm not a researcher in this field, I still know some experts in this field. I'll give you a call and get back to you as soon as possible!"

Immediately, Professor Qin hung up the phone and called Wang Lu back only 10 minutes later. Wang Lu also hurriedly answered the call.

"I asked experts in this field for you. Metarhizium anisopliae can play a very effective role in killing the eggs of this desert locust, and it is not harmful to humans and animals, so it will not harm the ecological environment at all. What impact will it have?”

After Professor Qin finished speaking, Wang Lu on the other end of the phone almost jumped up.

This is simply too good!

This Metarhizium anisopliae is a perfect match for my needs. It can kill locust eggs without causing damage to the ecological environment!

Professor Qin on the other end of the phone continued to talk.

"Although this thing has been developed a few years ago, because it can only kill locust eggs and not have much effect on adult locusts, the market performance is not very good, even if it is used at the prevention and control level It is much more expensive than spraying pesticides directly, so there are very few manufacturers of this kind of Metarhizium anisopliae on the market right now. I can ask someone to contact a few for you, but I’m afraid the number of Metarhizium anisopliae that can be purchased is also limited. It won’t be too much, and if you have to transport it from home to abroad, the cost will also increase greatly!”

After Professor Qin finished speaking, Wang Lu also said very proudly:
"Cost is not a problem for me, as long as I can deal with these locust eggs!"

"I forgot that you are a super rich man. Okay, since that's the case, my old man will help you contact him!"

"Thank you, Mr. Qin!"

Soon, Professor Qin used his personal connections to contact several domestic biological companies that produce Metarhizium anisopliae for Wang Lu.

Wang Lu waved his hand proudly and wiped out all the Metarhizium anisopliae stocks of these biological companies.

But even this was still not enough. Wang Lu also asked these companies to start production lines immediately in order to produce enough pastures to use Metarhizium anisopliae to control desert locust eggs.

As for transportation, Wang Lu directly chartered an international cargo flight to transport the domestically produced Metarhizium anisopliae for himself.

Wang Lu also left the import and export procedures to Old Sanders.

Needless to say, the local import procedures went without saying. Old Sanders knew how to deal with those greedy local officials, but the domestic customs declaration procedures were relatively troublesome.

Considering that the incubation period of those desert locust eggs was only a short period of more than 20 days, and that it would take several days for a new batch of Metarhizium anisopliae to be produced, Wang Lu could only make a phone call to the country in person and rely on himself. I have to use my connections to solve this matter, otherwise my pasture will be waiting to be gnawed by those locusts again!

When I won the Outstanding Talent Award before, I left contact information with the person from the Ministry of Agriculture.

(End of this chapter)