The 3 entries in Laisha's encyclopedia that attack Pasture and rangeland, grouped by type. Each page covers identification, life cycle, the conditions that favour it, action thresholds and integrated management.

Insect pests

• Desert locustSchistocerca gregariaInsect · A large grasshopper that normally lives alone in the deserts between West Africa and India, but after good…
• White grubs (root-feeding chafer larvae)Holotrichia consanguineaInsect · White grubs are the fat, C-shaped, cream-coloured larvae of chafer beetles that live in the soil and eat…

Weeds

• Parthenium weed (congress grass)Parthenium hysterophorusWeed · An aggressive annual weed from the Americas with finely divided carrot-like leaves and many small white…