Biochemical response of Sonneratia alba Sm. branches infested by a wood boring moth (Gazi Bay, Kenya).
Infestation by a moth woodborer species is causing mortality of Sonneratia alba Sm.mangrove by tunneling through the inner bark, cambium and conductive tissue.Infestation leads to death of some infested branches, whereas in other cases infested branches have been observed to recover from infestation.We have used Fourier transform infrared spectrosc