Use of Sugar Dispensers at Lower Density Can Decrease Mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Infestation in Vineyards by Disrupting Ants [PDF]
InsectsVineyard 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 +7 more
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Climate Change Can Generate Enemy‐Free Space for Crop‐Feeding Herbivores [PDF]
Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 3, March 2026.Magnitude and direction of change in parasitoid pressure for 14 agricultural pests subject to climate‐driven distributional shifts. Pests are organized per increasing parasitoid pressure under current climatic conditions (X axis). Bubble size is reflective of the (absolute) area affected by a given pest under a given scenario.
Kris A. G. Wyckhuys +5 more
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PREDATORY EFFICIENCY OF THE LOCAL MEALYBUG PREDATOR [PDF]
مجلة جامعة الانبار للعلوم الصرفة, 2015 This study was conducted at the Biological Control Unit laboratories /College of Agriculture/University of Baghdad , during the period from June 2012 to January 2014. To identify the value of the most important biological indicators of the Local mealybug
Muhanad B. Awad, Waad H. Awad
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Striped Mealybug Ferrisia virgata Cockerell (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
EDIS, 2017 Includes: Introduction - Synonymy - Distribution - Description - Biology - Host Plants - Damage - Management - Selected References Also published on the Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/mealybug/Ferrisia_virgata ...
Amanda Hodges
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Effects of transgenic Cry1Ac + CpTI cotton on non-target mealybug pest Ferrisia virgata and its predator Cryptolaemus montrouzieri [PDF]
, 2014 Recently, several invasive mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) have rapidly spread to Asia and have become a serious threat to the production of cotton including transgenic cotton.
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Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3. [PDF]
, 2013 Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) is one of the most important grapevine viral diseases affecting grapevines worldwide. The impact on vine health, crop yield, and quality is difficult to assess due to a high number of variables, but significant economic ...
Adib eRowhani +14 more
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Virulence of entomopathogenic nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria, under laboratory conditions, aiming controlling Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell, 1895) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on sugarcane [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2022 Sugarcane crops Saccharum spp. (Poales: Poaceae) produces different derivatives to the world: sugar, ethanol and bioenergy. Despite the application of pesticides, insect pests still cause economic losses, among these the pink sugarcane mealybug ...
G. G. Monteiro +7 more
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Effects of reduced-risk pesticides and plant growth regulators on rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) adults [PDF]
, 2012 Citation: Echegaray, Erik R., and Raymond A. Cloyd. 2012. “Effects of Reduced-Risk Pesticides and Plant Growth Regulators on Rove Beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Adults.” Journal of Economic Entomology 105 (6): 2097–2106.
Cloyd, Raymond A., Echegaray, Erik R.
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THE STUDY OF THE PREDATORY EFFICIENCY OF LOCAL ADULTS CITRUS MEALYBUG PREDATOR [PDF]
مجلة جامعة الانبار للعلوم الصرفة, 2017 This study was conducted at the Biological Control Unit laboratories /College of Agriculture/University of Baghdad , during the period from June 2012 to January 2014. To identify the value of the most important biological indicators of the Local mealybug
Muhaned Awad, Waad Awad
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Biology and management of mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink on Jatropha curcas L. [PDF]
, 2014 Jatropha cultivation is gaining importance as potential source of biofuel. Recently Paracoccus marginatus has been found to cause serious damage on Jatropha. Studies on the biology and management of P.
Kumar, C. T. Ashok +5 more
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