Insect threatens crops in Mauritania
The pink stemborer (Sesamia calamistis), a gnawing insect that attacks cereals, is currently responsible for the loss of 10,000 t of sorghum per year in the country. The stemborer is also a vector of a pathogen that destroys the stalks and panicles...
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1999
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46561 |
| Summary: | The pink stemborer (Sesamia calamistis), a gnawing insect that attacks cereals, is currently responsible for the loss of 10,000 t of sorghum per year in the country. The stemborer is also a vector of a pathogen that destroys the stalks and panicles... |
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