Researchers launch Bangladesh's first biocontrol program to combat invasive weed
October 04, 2024
October 04, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 4 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
A Virginia Tech team has introduced Bangladesh's first biocontrol program to combat an invasive weed.
Parthenium hysterophorus, a tropical weed native to Central and South America, first reached the South Asian nation in 1988. It can cause up to 50 percent reduction in crop yields, trigger skin and lung irritation in humans, and cause ulcers in the mouths of livestock that consume it. Reported in a . . .
A Virginia Tech team has introduced Bangladesh's first biocontrol program to combat an invasive weed.
Parthenium hysterophorus, a tropical weed native to Central and South America, first reached the South Asian nation in 1988. It can cause up to 50 percent reduction in crop yields, trigger skin and lung irritation in humans, and cause ulcers in the mouths of livestock that consume it. Reported in a . . .