Seed-feeding beetles In the 1980s beetles that feed on mature Prosopis seeds were introduced in 2020 as biological control agents in South Africa, but don’t have a meaningful effect on the rate ...

It is fast-growing, drought-resistant and sprawls over acres of land in Kenya's arid regions, but the rapidly spreading prosopis tree has become an environmental menace that many wish had never ...

Hyderabad: By redeveloping the botanical garden on the campus, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) aims to create a gene bank of local varieties of wild fruits and ...

Prosopis has no natural enemies in East Africa, such as herbivorous insects and plant pathogens. ... Seeds germinate and grow very fast when in contact with moisture.