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Busseola segeta, a Potential New Pest of Maize in Western Kenya
(2014)
In sub-Saharan Africa, Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) is considered as one of the major stem borer pests of maize (Zea mays) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) [1]. Recent surveys in Western Kenya indicated ...
Major heretofore intractable biotic constraints to African food security that may be amenable to novel biotechnological solutions
(2004-08)
The input costs of pesticides to control biotic constraints are often prohibitive to the subsistence farmers of Africa and seed based solutions to biotic stresses are more appropriate. Plant breeding has been highly ...