Damage and Loss Caused by the Larger Grain Borer Prostephanus truncatus

By R. Boxall. 2002

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Impact of metal silos on households’ maize storage, storage losses and food security: An application of a propensity score matching (2013, background): “The LGB is an invasive storage pest accidentally introduced into Africa from Central America, and now recognized as the most destructive maize pest (Boxall, 2002).”
Missing Food : The Case of Postharvest Grain Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa (2011, background): “When cobs are infested by LGB, weight losses can more than double (Hodges et al. 1983; Dick 1988; Boxall 2002b) and, if left unchecked, may result in the total destruction of the stored grain.”
Reducing Postharvest Losses during Storage of Grain Crops to Strengthen Food Security in Developing Countries (2017, background): “Some studies in Ghana reported that the maize losses due to insect infestation could be up to 50%, if all quantity losses, quality losses, and income loss due to early sale are considered in the estimation [43].”
Managing storage pests of maize: Farmers' knowledge, perceptions and practices in western Kenya (2016, background): “However, this is only applicable in management of storage pests other than the larger grain borer, a pest whose rates of growth and development are reduced on shelled maize (Addo et al., 2002; Boxall, 2002; Hodges, 2002).”
Effects of insect population density and storage time on grain damage and weight loss in maize due to the maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais and the larger grain borer Prostephanus truncatus (2011, background): “P. truncatus was incidentally introduced to Africa from Mesoamerica in early 1980s (Boxall, 2002).”