A Review on Papaya Mealybug Identification and Management Through Plant Essential Oils [PDF]
Environmental Entomology, 2021 AbstractPapaya (Carica papaya L.) production suffers from a multitude of abiotic and biotic constraints, among those are insect pests, diseases, and environmental conditions. One of the seriously damaging pests of papaya is invasive papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus, which can inflict heavy yield loss if not contained. Little information on papaya
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Parasitoid Wasp Acerophagus papayae: A Promising Solution for the Control of Papaya Mealybug Paracoccus marginatus in Cassava Fields in Vietnam [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Cassava is a valuable export commodity crop that is often attacked by pests, causing economic losses for this crop. The papaya mealybug Paracoccus marginatus has become a major pest of cassava in Vietnam.
Khac Hoang Le +4 more
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Biopesticide efficacy of four plant essential oils against papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Worldwide, P. marginatus causes 75% of estimated economic loss in papaya farming, with an increase in production costs. The extract of plant essential oils (PEO) has the potential to control P.
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Sex Pheromone of the Papaya Mealybug [PDF]
Journal of Chemical EcologySex pheromones of mealybugs are reported from more than 20 species and have generally been shown to be monoterpene alcohols esterified with short-chain carboxylic acids. Here, however, we discovered and isolated an alcohol without an acid moiety as a pheromone compound released from adult females of the papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus.
Jun Tabata
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The Mitochondrial Hsp90 Homolog PmTRAP1 Mediates Thermal Tolerance in the Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus [PDF]
InsectsThe papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus, a significant invasive pest in tropical and subtropical regions, exhibits a notable capacity to withstand high-temperature stress.
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Quarantine Disinfestation of Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Using Gamma and X-rays Irradiation [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Paracoccus marginatus is a highly polyphagous invasive pest that poses a significant quarantine threat to tropical and subtropical countries. Infested commodities in international trade should undergo phytosanitary treatment, and irradiation is ...
Zi-Jiao Song +6 more
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First report of Diomus guilavoguii Duverger, 1994 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Diomini) predating on papaya mealybug Paracoccus marginatus from China [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Diomus guilavoguii Duverger, 1994, an adventive species, is recorded from Guangzhou (Guangdong Province), China for the first time. Larvae of D. guilavoguii were collected in association with an invasive mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams &
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Fitness of the Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), after Transferring from Solanum tuberosum to Carica papaya, Ipomoea batatas, and Alternanthera philoxeroides [PDF]
Insects, 2022 The papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), is a polyphagous invasive pest in China. The effect that the shifting of the host plant has on the fitness of a polyphagous pest is critical to its ...
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The potential global distribution of the papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus, a polyphagous pest. [PDF]
Pest Manag Sci, 2021 AbstractBACKGROUNDThe papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus, is a highly polyphagous invasive pest that affects more than 200 plants, many of which are of economic importance. We modelled the potential distribution of P. marginatus using CLIMEX, a process‐oriented, climate‐based niche model.
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ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY OF Acerophagus papayae Noyes & Schauff (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE), PARASITOID OF THE PAPAYA MEALYBUG [PDF]
Jurnal Hama dan Penyakit Tumbuhan Tropika, 2019 Aspects of biology of Acerophagus papayae Noyes & Schauff (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasitoid of papaya mealybug. Acerophagus papayae Noyes & Schauff (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) is an important parasitoid of the papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus ...
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