The ecological significance of the big-headed ant in mealybug wilt disease of pineapple [PDF]
When ants are managed in pineapple fields, the mealybug population rapidly declines. Why ants are so vital to mealybug survival in pineapple is the subject of this dissertation.
Jahn, Gary C.
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Mealybug can almost be found in all pineapple fields (Ananas comosus (Linnaeus)). The insect is known to be a vector of Pineapple Mealybug wilt-assosiated Virus(PMWaV).
Sartiami, Dewi
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Perception of mealybug wilt effect and management among pineapple farmers in west of Johor / Mohd Syazwan Syafiq Riduan and Nurul Wahidah Ramli [PDF]
Pineapple mealybug wilt-associated viruses (PMWaVs) have been associated with mealybug wilt of pineapple. The vulnerable of the disease threatened pineapple industry globally that able causes the damage on the crop up to 40% to 100%.
Riduan, Mohd Syazwan Syafiq +1 more
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Field Investigations on the Interrelationships of the Big-Headed Ant, the Gray Pineapple Mealybug, and Pineapple Mealybug Wilt Disease in Hawaii [PDF]
The population density of the big-headed ant was higher during the second (ratoon) crop than during the first crop of pineapple at both Poamoho and Molokai. At Poamoho, no mealybug wilt plants were found in plots where ants had been controlled, while the
Beardsley, John W. +3 more
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Mealybug can almost be found in all pineapple fields (Ananas comosus (Linnaeus)). The insect is known to be a vector of Pineapple Mealybug wilt-associated Virus (PMWaV).
Sartiami, Dewi
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A Novel Insect Overwintering Strategy: The Case of Mealybugs. [PDF]
Vercher R +3 more
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Genome sequence of pineapple secovirus B, a second sadwavirus reported infecting Ananas comosus. [PDF]
Larrea-Sarmiento A +12 more
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Population f luctuation of the pineapple mealybug in two pineapple (Ananas comosus [L.] Merr.) varieties in Huimanguillo Tabasco, Mexico [PDF]
Objective: To identify the pineapple mealybug Dysmicoccus spp. and determine its prevalence and seasonal distribution in Huimanguillo Tabasco, Mexico.Design/Methodology/Approach: This study was carried out in two pineapple ...
Sánchez-Soto, Saúl +5 more
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Development of a Concurrent Treatment Technique of Ethyl Formate and Mixtures (Nitrogen, Phosphine) to Control Citrus Mealybug (Planococcus citri). [PDF]
Kim B, Park MG, Kim GH, Yang JO.
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Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases Caused by Badnaviruses. [PDF]
Ishwara Bhat A +2 more
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