From crisis to control: LGB in the spotlight

Following its accidental introduction into Africa in the early 1980s, the Larger Grain Borer (LGB), Prostephanus truncatus, has spread rapidly and widely, becoming a serious pest of stored maize and dried cassava and a very real threat to food...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1996
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47380
Description
Summary:Following its accidental introduction into Africa in the early 1980s, the Larger Grain Borer (LGB), Prostephanus truncatus, has spread rapidly and widely, becoming a serious pest of stored maize and dried cassava and a very real threat to food...