Putting off pests

Stemborers can cause immense damage to maize and sorghum: in some cases losses as high as 80% have been recorded, especially with one particularly damaging species, Chilo partellus. Stemborers are difficult to control by chemical means because of...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1997
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48916
Description
Summary:Stemborers can cause immense damage to maize and sorghum: in some cases losses as high as 80% have been recorded, especially with one particularly damaging species, Chilo partellus. Stemborers are difficult to control by chemical means because of...