Towards understanding the effects of climate change on the sweetpotato insect pests Acraea acerata Hewiston and Cylas puncticollis Boheman and their management in Africa
In tropical Africa, the sweetpotato butterfly Acraea acerata, is a major endemic pest of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.). Outbreaks of A. acerata have been reported by farmers in Uganda to be more frequent than in the past 10 years. It is therefore speculated that global warming may be respo...
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168555 |
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