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Crop Protection, 2023 Article ; Papaya mealybug (PMB), Paracoccus marginatus, native to Mexico and Central America, invaded Kenya in 2016 causing severe yield losses of between 57% and 91% and £2224/ha household economic losses annually. A classical biological program for PMB involved the importation of Acerophagus papayae, a koinobiont endoparasitoid, from Ghana into the ...
Selpha Opisa +10 more
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CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2023 Background Farmer perceptions are highly important in influencing on-farm pest management decision-making. Biological control is extremely sustainable in the smallholder production context, but in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) few attempts using this pest ...
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020 The papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) is an invasive insect pest of Central American origin that has become a serious threat to about 60 plant species belonging to more than ...
LANEESHA M +3 more
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Some biological parameters of Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and its natural enemy Acerophagus papayae Noyes et Schauff (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) [PDF]
, 2023 The papaya mealybug Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara De Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is an invasive insect species attacking diverse host plants causing enormous damage to crops including those of very high economic importance ...
Nyamador, S.W. +5 more
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Efficiency of Acerophagus papayae on different host stage combinations of papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus [PDF]
, 2018 Acerophagus papayae is a koinobiont endoparasitoid of the invasive papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus and has been introduced as a classical bio-control agent of the mealybug in many countries.
Sahito, Jam Ghulam Mustafa +8 more
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FUUAST Journal of Biology, 2021 Acerophagus papayae, accidentally introduced parasitoid of Paracoccus marginatus in Malaysia was studied for parasitism, sex ratio, developmental time and gregariousness behaviour. The parasitoid was able to develop in all stages of P.
M. I. MASTOI, A. NUR AZURA, R. MUHAMAD
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Biological Suppression of Major Mealybug Species on Horticultural Crops in India
Journal of Horticultural Sciences, 2011 Mealybugs, known to be 'hard to kill pests', live in protected areas and most stages in their life cycle are covered in a waxy coating. Several insecticides are found ineffective against mealybugs.
M Mani, A Krishnamoorthy, C Shivaraju
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Developmental Time, Longevity, and Lifetime Fertility of Three Introduced Parasitoids of the Mealybug Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) [PDF]
Developmental time, longevity, and lifetime fertility of three previously introduced parasitoids (Acerophagus papayae Noyes and Schauff, Anagyrus loecki Noyes and Menezes, and Pseudleptomastix mexicana Noyes and Schauff) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) of the ...
Epsky, Nancy D. +2 more
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Survey of papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus and its introduced parasitoids on papaya plants in the low country dry zone of Sri Lanka [PDF]
, 2021 Papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Willams and Granara Willink, is an invasive hemipteran that attacks several genera of host plants, including economically important tropical fruits and ornamentals.
Muthulingam , Prishanthini +1 more
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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) papayae Drew & Hancock
, 2022 Bactrocera (Bactrocera) papayae Drew & Hancock Bactrocera (Bactrocera) papayae Drew & Hancock, 1994: 48; Norrbom et al., 1998: 93; Drew & Romig, 2013: 142, 2016: 7. Holotype in BMNH. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) philippinensis Drew & Hancock, 1994: 52;
Drew, R. A. I., Hancock, D. L.
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