New pest threatens food stocks

Since the end of the 1970s a new insect pest, Prostephanus truncatus, has been ravaging food stocks in some African countries. Introduced from Central America, where it attacks mostly maize, it can destroy up to 30 % of stored maize, cassava and,...

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Autor principal: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Formato: News Item
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1986
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44528
Descripción
Sumario:Since the end of the 1970s a new insect pest, Prostephanus truncatus, has been ravaging food stocks in some African countries. Introduced from Central America, where it attacks mostly maize, it can destroy up to 30 % of stored maize, cassava and,...