Speckled beetle key to saving crops in Ethiopia

Friday, August 22, 2014 - 07:31 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org) —An invasive weed poses a serious and frightening threat to farming families in Ethiopia, but scientists from a Virginia Tech-led program have unleashed a new weapon in the fight against hunger: a tiny, speckled beetle.

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