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Biological control of the larger grain borer

author(s) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
from Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
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  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Central America
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Americas
citation

CTA. 1991. Biological control of the larger grain borer. Spore 34. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

A predatory beetle from Costa Rica could soon be released in Togo to control the larger grain borer. In semi-field trials the beetle Teretriosoma nigrescens reduced larger grain borer populations by 70% in just over three months. In 1984 the German...

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