Invasive Species Compendium

Detailed coverage of invasive species threatening livelihoods and the environment worldwide

Management factsheet

Larger grain borer (LGB).

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Abstract

Information is given about the larger grain borer (Prostephanus truncatus), also known as osama (in Kenya) and dumuzi or scania (in Tanzania), a pest of cassava [Manihot esculenta] and maize [Zea mays].
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