Modelling the Impacts of Early Intervention on Desert Locust Outbreak Prevention

Table 1

Model parameter baseline values.

Parameter	Biological meaning	Value	Source
	Growth rate of crop biomass		[26]
	Carrying capacity		Estimated [37]
	Locust maturity rate		Estimated [39, 33]
	Attack rate of locust		Estimated [3, 34]
	Natural mortality of locust		[26, 33]
	Modification parameter		[35]
	Conversion efficiency		[32]
	Amount of pesticides growth rate		Estimated [3, 38]
	Depletion rate of pesticides		Estimated [3, 38]
	Uptake rate of pesticides by hopper		Estimated [3, 38]
	Uptake rate of pesticides by adult		Estimated [3, 38]
	Depletion of locust due to pesticides		Estimated [3, 36]