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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an indigenous and staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, but it has an enemy: an insect called the ...
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an indigenous and staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, but it has an enemy: an insect called the legume pod borer (Maruca vitrata). This pest can cause yield losses of more ...
South African researchers are using Google technology and natural predators to save trees from the destructive shot-hole ...
Another of Luthuli's grandchildren, Albert Mthunzi Luthuli, told South Africa's IOL news site that the family welcomed the re-opening of the inquest, even though it was now years after the deaths ...
JOHANNESBURG, April 14 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand recovered further against a weaker dollar on Monday, extending a recent bout of extreme volatility linked to U.S. President Donald Trump's ...
Finger limes can be successfully grown on their own root and are particularly suited to pots and small gardens. The soil is moist and, as we move into the wetter and cooler part of the year, it is ...
A Perth council claims it's had "incredibly encouraging" results from an initial trial to stop shot-hole borer beetles from destroying trees. The City of Canning has been injecting infected trees ...
The City of Canning has pioneered a new technique for tackling the polyphagous shot-hole borer, which appears to ... and are now showing no signs of live beetles or larvae. The tiny invasive ...
With coffee, fumigation is widely used to control pests like the coffee borer beetle. “Cacao cannot [only] rely on fumigation because its pollination also depends on a tiny fly, the Forcipomyia ...