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A Novel Insect Overwintering Strategy: The Case of Mealybugs

Insects, 2023
Simple Summary The mealybugs are a large family of sap-sucking herbivore insects comprising more than 2000 species. They feed on many economically important agricultural and ornamental plants.
Juan Sorribas
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Host plants for mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in grapevine crops

Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2019
Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are considered pest insects of economic importance in grapevine crops. They are highly polyphagous, feeding on host plants of about 250 families.
Fabiana Soares Cariri Lopes, José Vargas de Oliveira, José Eudes de Morais Oliveira, Martin Duarte de Oliveira, Adriana Maria de Souza   +4 more
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Use of Sugar Dispensers to Disrupt Ant Attendance and Improve Biological Control of Mealybugs in Vineyard

Insects, 2021
Planococcus ficus (Signoret) and Pseudococcus comstocki (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are economically important pests occurring in vineyards, causing severe economic losses for growers and compromising bunch production.
Martina Parrilli, Marco Profeta, Luca Casoli, Fabio Gambirasio, Antonio Masetti, Giovanni Burgio   +5 more
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Phylogenetic analyses and characteristics of the microbiomes from five mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Associations between Sternorrhyncha insects and intracellular bacteria are common in nature. Mealybugs are destructive pests that seriously threaten the production of agriculture and forestry.
Qiong Rao
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AnvRV virus in the parasitoid wasp Anagyrus vladimiri: localization, effect on gene expression, and prevalence [PDF]

Microbiology Spectrum
Insect-virus associations have been studied extensively in the context of pathogenic viruses transmitted by insects, whereas research on nonpathogenic viruses remains relatively scarce.
Gal Wodowski, Yehuda Izraeli, Netta Mozes-Daube, Gon Carmi, Elad Chiel, Einat Zchori-Fein   +5 more
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Effect of increased global temperatures on biological control of green lacewings on the spread of mealybugs in a cassava field: a simulation study

Advances in Difference Equations, 2017
Even though the effect of release frequency of green lacewings in controlling the spread of mealybugs in a cassava field was investigated by Promrak and Rattanakul in 2015, the effect of increased global temperature was not taken into account.
Jairaj Promrak, Chontita Rattanakul
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INSECTICIDAL EFFECTS OF ACETONE, ETHANOL AND AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF Azadirachta indica (A. Juss), Citrus aurantium (L.), Citrus sinensis (L.) AND Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Dehnh.) AGAINST MEALYBUGS (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE)

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2018
Mealybugs (Hemiptera; Pseudococcidae) are one of the noxious sucking pests infesting ornamental and horticulture crops including citrus. It is emerging as a severe threat to citrus industry in Indo-Pak region.
Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed, Muhammad Irfan Nawaz, Rashad Rasool Khan, Umar Farooq, Chun-Sen Ma   +4 more
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A barcode database for insects associated with the spread of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease in Côte d’Ivoire [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
Swollen Shoot is a viral disease affecting cocoa trees, transmitted by several species of mealybugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Pseudococcidae). These insects maintain trophobiotic relationships with a complex and species-rich assemblage of ants
Alain Déron Koffi, Régis Babin, Gérard Delvare, Sarah Chérasse, David Ouvrard, Eduardo Shimbori, Kouadio Juslin Koigny, Serge Kpangui, Laure Benoit, Maxime Galan, Christine Yodé, Mauricette Ouali N'goran, Julien Haran   +12 more
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Inventory and Distribution of Mango Mealybugs Species in Western Burkina Faso: Relative Abundance and Population Fluctuation

Advances in Entomology (Irvine, Calif ), 2016
Rastrococus invadens was the only reported mealybug species on the mango tree in Western Burkina Faso. This study aimed at carrying out the inventory and showing the importance and distribution of other mealybug species associated with the mango tree. It
Karim Nébié, S. Nacro, I. Ouedraogo, D. Dakouo, L. C. Otoidobiga   +4 more
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Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) species on economically important fruit crops in Sri Lanka

Tropical Agricultural Research, 2015
Canavalia brasiliensis has a great potential as green manure in Brazilian Savanna. The species gives nitrogen to subsequent crops and produces excellent dry matter.
U. Sirisena, G. W. Watson, K. Hemachandra, H. N. P. Wijayagunasekara   +3 more
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