The Cotton Mealybug Is Spreading along the Mediterranean: First Pest Detection in Italian Tomatoes [PDF]
Insects, 2021 The cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is an extremely polyphagous invasive pest that can cause serious damages to cultivated plants.
Michele Ricupero +2 more
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Fatty acyl-CoA reductase influences wax biosynthesis in the cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2022 The role of a fatty acyl-CoA reductase (PsFAR) in wax biosynthesis of cotton mealybug is investigated, RNAi against PsFAR resulted in insects with lower generation of waxy filaments and higher mortality under desiccation and deltamethrin treatments.
Haojie Tong +10 more
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Male mating and female postmating performances in cotton mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae): effects of female density [PDF]
Journal of Economic Entomology, 2019 For insects, female density is closely related to reproductive output. However, little is known about the effects of female density on male mating and female postmating performances. Here, we explored the effects of female density in cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), an invasive, rapidly spreading pest in Asia
Haojie Tong, Ying Wang, Fei Li
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Field evolved insecticide resistance in the cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis and its direct and indirect impacts on the endoparasitoid Aenasius arizonensis [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) an invasive mealybug on cotton is primarily controlled by conventional insecticides. An endoparasitoid Aenasius arizonenesis (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) is a potential biocontrol agent of
Karuppan Shankarganesh +2 more
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The Roles of DNA Methyltransferases 1 (DNMT1) in Regulating Sexual Dimorphism in the Cotton Mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis [PDF]
Insects, 2020 The cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis, is an invasive pest that can cause massive damage to many host plants of agricultural importance. P. solenopsis is highly polyphagous, and shows extreme sexual dimorphism between males and females.
Mohamed A.A. Omar +7 more
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Foraging behaviour of Scymnus coccivora Ayyar against cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley. [PDF]
Saudi J Biol Sci, 2021 Predation is one of the significant biotic mortality factors reducing the insect pest population as functional response and the numerical response of the predator are the key factor regulating the population dynamics of predator prey species. This study is aimed to evaluate the functional response of all the developmental stages of Scymnus coccivora ...
Kumari S +4 more
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Nanopore sequencing of complete mitochondrial genome of the cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. ResourcesMealybugs are aggressive pests worldwide, but few complete mitochondrial genomes have been reported. Here, we got the complete mitochondrial genome of the cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, using Oxford Nanopore Technology.
Qianjin Lin +7 more
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A new species of Cheiloneurus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) as a hyperparasitoid of the invasive cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, in China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 A new species, Cheiloneurus nankingensis sp. nov., from Eastern China is described. It is similar to C. arabiacus Hayat but distinct from it in a number of morphological characters.
Zhuomiao Li +4 more
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Ornamental hosts of cotton mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis)
The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2014 Ornamental hosts and their significance in the management of cotton mealybug P. solenopsis were studied over two years. Twelve of the 24 documented ornamental hosts belonged to three families, viz. Asteraceae, Malvaceae and Euphorbiaceae.
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New Records of Phenacoccus solenopsis Natural Enemies in Europe and Taxonomic Additions on Anagyrus matritensis [PDF]
InsectsThe cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a polyphagous invasive species native to America and considered one of the major cotton pests in Asia.
Michele Ricupero +4 more
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