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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. Resources
Mealybugs 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, Chengcheng Ye, Zicheng Li, Kaixin Wang, Kaijie Wang, Lingqi Zeng, Lilu Sheng, Haojie Tong   +7 more
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Use of Sugar Dispensers at Lower Density Can Decrease Mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Infestation in Vineyards by Disrupting Ants [PDF]

Insects
Vineyard mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are economic pests in vineyards, demanding integrated control strategies. Several ant species can facilitate mealybug infestation by protecting them from natural enemies in a mutualistic relationship known ...
Giovanni Burgio, Serena Magagnoli, Luca Casoli, Marco Profeta, Donato Antonio Grasso, Enrico Schifani, Daniele Giannetti, Martina Parrilli   +7 more
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trans-α-Necrodyl Acetate: Minor Sex Pheromone Component of the Invasive Mealybug Delottococcus aberiae (De Lotto) [PDF]

Insects
Reported in Europe in the early 2000s, Delottococcus aberiae (De Lotto) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is an invasive mealybug pest that is causing severe damage to citrus production in eastern Spain.
Javier Marzo Bargues, Sandra Vacas, Ismael Navarro Fuertes, Daniel López-Puertollano, Jaime Primo, Antonio Abad-Somovilla, Vicente Navarro-Llopis   +6 more
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Seasonal Abundance of Cotton Mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis and Its Effect on Biochemical Defence of Okra Plants [PDF]

Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2023
Seasonal abundance of cotton mealybug was monitored on okra plants at Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt during 2020 and 2021 cropping seasons.
Aneesa Sadek, Madeha El-Dewy, Jehan El-Naggar   +2 more
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Density-dependent benefits in ant-hemipteran mutualism? The case of the ghost ant Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the invasive mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Although density-dependent benefits to hemipterans from ant tending have been measured many times, few studies have focused on integrated effects such as interactions between ant tending, natural enemy density, and hemipteran density.
Aiming Zhou, Beiqing Kuang, Yingrui Gao, Guangwen Liang   +3 more
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Toxicity and synergistic activity of compounds from essential oils and their effect on detoxification enzymes against Planococcus lilacinus

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Mealybug, Planococcus lilacinus Cockerell, is a primary surface-feeding insect pest of fruit and flowering plants and also transmits plant viruses, resulting in economic crop loss.
Charles Arokiyaraj, Kangkanjyoti Bhattacharyya, Sajjalavarahalli G. Eswara Reddy, Sajjalavarahalli G. Eswara Reddy   +3 more
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The Efficacy, Phytotoxicity, and Safety of Liquid Ethyl Formate Used to Control the Grape (Campbell Early) Quarantine Pest Pseudococcus comstocki

Applied Sciences, 2022
Mealybugs found on grapes during quarantine in Korea are fumigated with methyl bromide (MB). However, MB is an ozone-depleting, highly toxic pesticide; therefore, the International Plant Protection Convention, a representative organization involved in ...
Byung-Ho Lee, Ki-Jeong Hong, Min-Goo Park   +2 more
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Efficacy of cinnamon oil and its active ingredient (cinnamaldehyde) on the cotton mealy bug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley and the predator Chrysoperla carnea

Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2020
Background The importance of Chrysoperla carnea (Steph.) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) as a predator is due to nourishing this predator on some dangerous pests as the cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, belongs to Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae.
Abd-Allah E. Ghada, Youssef M. Naglaa
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Are some prepupae and pupae of male mealybugs and root mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae and Rhizoecidae) mobile?

ZooKeys, 2013
It is hypothesised here that some mealybug (Pseudococcidae) and root mealybug (Rhizoecidae) prepupae and pupae are mobile. The prepupa and pupa of the mealybug Promyrmococcus dilli Williams and the prepupa of the root mealybug Ripersiella malschae ...
D.J. Williams, Chris Hodgson
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Cacao swollen shoot virus detection and DNA barcoding of its vectors and putative vectors in Theobroma cacao L. by using polymerase chain reaction

BioTechnologia, 2021
Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) is an endemic pathogen causing significant economic losses to cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) production in West Africa. There is limited updated report on the occurrence, spread, genetic diversity and species of CSSV and its ...
Ekemini Obok, Peter Aikpokpodion, Obinna Ani, Joël Allainguillaume, Andrew Wetten   +4 more
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