“South Africa found the shot-hole borer too late – eradication was never an opportunity. Their conservative cost-benefit analysis found this beetle will cost South Africa $28 billion over 10 year ...

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an indigenous and staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, but it has an enemy: an insect called the ...

South Africa is facing an escalating ecological crisis – a tiny invasive beetle from Vietnam is killing ... the polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) has been confirmed in eight of South Africa ...

Cape Town’s once-majestic urban forests are under attack from a tiny yet deadly invader – the polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB). Barker explains that the threat lies in the fusarium fungus ...