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Agency Steps Up Fight Against Papaya Mealybug with Natural Enemy in Kenya

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The fight against the devastating papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus) in Kenya is being stepped up with the release of a natural enemy – Acerophagus papayae – in four more counties that run the risk of being blighted by the pest. Rapid Spread and Devastating Consequences CABI researchers found that more than half of Kenya has …

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Pastoralists unearth value in devastating weed

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Pas­tor­al­ists in the arid Baringo dis­trict have fi­nally dis­covered a huge be­ne­fit to a weed that has for over two dec­ades in­vaded their land at a fast rate and killed their live­stock.  Prosopis ju­li­flora loc­ally known as Ma­th­enge with­stand harsh cli­matic con­di­tions ex­plain­ing why it grows fast in arid and semi arid areas and cov­er­ing …

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