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Commodity risk assessment of Petunia spp. and Calibrachoa spp. unrooted cuttings from Uganda

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to evaluate the likelihood of pest freedom at entry in the EU, including both regulated and non‐regulated pests, potentially associated with unrooted cuttings of the genera Petunia and Calibrachoa produced under physical isolation in Uganda.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Antonio Vicent Civera, Paula Baptista, Anna Berlin, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jaime Cubero, Nik Cunniffe, Eduardo de la Peña, Nicolas Desneux, Francesco Di Serio, Anna Filipiak, Paolo Gonthier, Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Hervé Jactel, Blanca B. Landa, Lara Maistrello, David Makowski, Panagiotis Milonas, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Hanna Susi, Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Christophe Lacomme, Jane Debode, Juan A. Navas‐Cortes, Antigoni Akrivou, Christos Kritikos, Maria Kormpi, Dimitrios Papachristos, Chrysavgi Reppa, Spyridon Antonatos, Despoina Beris, Olaf Mosbach Schulz, Monia Federica Lombardo, Ciro Gardi, Roel Potting   +34 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frass adjuvants improve the efficacy of Steinernema feltiae against vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) under laboratory conditions

Biological Control
Vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus, is a major vineyard pest, complicating vineyard management due to its cryptic behavior and patchy distributions.
Alexander M. Butcher, Lan Xue, Xinyu Li, Vaughn M. Walton   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management and population fluctuation of cassava mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2019
Cassava is one of the main foods in Brazil, playing a key role in the diet of several communities. In the Central-Southern region of Brazil, several pests are associated with cassava, among which the cassava mealybug stands out due to its high potential for damage.
Diego Gazola, Vanda Pietrowski, Claudemir Zucareli, Diandro Ricardo Barilli, Rudiney Ringenberg   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

First Report of Pineapple Mealybug Wilt–Associated Viruses 3 and 5 Infecting Pineapple (Ananas comosus) in India

New Disease Reports, Volume 53, Issue 2, April/June 2026.
S. Baskar, B. L. Patil
wiley   +1 more source

A study on geospatial technology for detecting and mapping of Solenopsis mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in cotton crop [PDF]

, 2016
Detection of crop stress is one of the major applications of remote sensing in agriculture. Many researchers have confirmed the ability of remote sensing techniques for detection of pest/disease on cotton.
Dharaiya, Nishith, Dutta, Sujay, Singh, S. K.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Determination of Mealybug Population Density for Transmission of Pineapple Mealybug Wilt Disease in Central Uganda

International Journal of Agronomy
Pineapple mealybug wilt disease (PMWD) is a complex and most destructive viral disease constraining pineapple production world over. Pineapple mealybug wilt disease is transmitted by mealybugs (Dysmicoccus species).
B. Bua, M. E. Mawa, J. Ayiga, A. Ocwa
doaj   +1 more source

Managing coextinction of insects in a changing climate [PDF]

Approximately a quarter of global terrestrial biodiversity is represented by plant dwelling insects and the potential for thousands of species to be extinguished through widespread disturbances such as a changing climate is high. From a large database of
Mei Chen Leng, Melinda Moir
core  

Effects of weed management on the prevalence of pink pineapple mealybugs in Ghana

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana), 2015
An on-farm experiment was conducted in August 2010 to evaluate the efficacy of various weed management methods used in pineapple cultivation in Ghana in limiting the prevalence of the pineapple mealybugs and their tending ants. The experiment was a 5X5 Latin Square design with 5 replications.
Tachie-Menson, JW, Sarkodie-Addo, J, Carlson, AG   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Economic impact of dissemination of management strategies for sucking insect pests on transgenic cotton in Punjab, India [PDF]

, 2015
Integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for the management of sucking insect pests were disseminated in 36 villages of three districts of Punjab during 2008 to 2010.
Chandi, R. S., Dhawan, A. K., Kumar, V., Saini, S.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Phytoplasma infection of a tropical root crop triggers bottom-up cascades by favoring generalist over specialist herbivores.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Global interest on plant-microbe-insect interactions is rapidly growing, revealing the multiple ways in which microorganisms mediate plant-herbivore interactions.
Kris A G Wyckhuys, Ignazio Graziosi, Dharani Dhar Burra, Abigail Jan Walter   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source