Perception of Mealybug Wilt Effect and Management among Pineapple Farmers in Ghana
Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2017 Mealybug wilt of pineapple (MWP) is a major viral disease of pineapple [Ananas comosus (L) Merr.] in Ghana. Its incidence and extent of damage have not been extensively studied in the country.
Mark Tutu Sarpong +2 more
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Analysis of Pineapple Mealybug Wilt Associated Virus -1 and -2 for Potential RNA Silencing Suppressors and Pathogenicity Factors [PDF]
Viruses, 2015 Higher plants use RNA silencing to defend against viral infections. As a counter defense, plant viruses have evolved proteins that suppress RNA silencing.
Kishore K. Dey +4 more
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Perception of mealybug wilt effect and management among pineapple farmers in west of Johor / Mohd Syazwan Syafiq Riduan [PDF]
, 2019 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
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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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Management of pest insects and plant diseases by non-transformative RNAi [PDF]
, 2019 Since the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi), scientists have made significant progress towards the development of this unique technology for crop protection.
Avila dos Santos, Ericmar +5 more
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Short-term heat stress results in diminution of bacterial symbionts but has little effect on life history in adult female citrus mealybugs [PDF]
, 2014 Mealybugs are sap-feeding insect pests that pose a serious threat to horticulture. The citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), like most other mealybug species, harbours two obligate maternally transmitted bacterial ...
Gobin, Bruno +2 more
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Can we replace toxicants, achieve biosecurity, and generate market position with semiochemicals? [PDF]
, 2015 Biosecurity covers both long-term management of existing pests and the urgent government responses to alien invasive species which have yet to become fully established.
David M. Suckling
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Biological ControlHoneydew-producing hemipterans establish mutualistic interactions with ants, which collect honeydew while providing protection against natural enemies and other services. Although this association benefits hemipterans, it often exacerbates crop damage by
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HorticulturaeMealybug wilt of pineapple (MWP) is a destructive disease worldwide caused by a parasitic complex that includes Pineapple Mealybug Wilt-associated Viruses (PMWaVs) and mealybugs (Dysmicoccus brevipes), which concurrently act as vectors for these viruses.
Lysa N’Guessan +3 more
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A Review of the Association of Ants with Mealybug Wilt Disease of Pineapple [PDF]
, 2003 The literature concerning the association between ants and the mealybugs causing pineapple wilt disease is surveyed. A great deal of data on this subject has been published in the relatively obscure technical papers and reports of the defunct Pineapple ...
Beardsley, John W. +2 more
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