New pest threatens food stocks
| dc.creator | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | |
| dc.date | 1986 | |
| dc.date | 2014-10-02T13:13:12Z | |
| dc.date | 2014-10-02T13:13:12Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T19:17:24Z | |
| dc.description | 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,... | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44528 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/176499 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | |
| dc.rights | Open Access | |
| dc.source | CTA. 1986. New pest threatens food stocks. Spore 5. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. | |
| dc.title | New pest threatens food stocks | |
| dc.type | News Item |