Mealybugs and their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural crops. M. Mani

Mealybugs and their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural crops


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Mealybugs and their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural crops M. Mani
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A brief account of the hibiscus mealybug Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a pest of agriculture and horticulture, with to some commercial and food crops in Asia and Africa and the species is redescribed. Pineapple is one of the most important fruit crops of Kerala. Mealybugs are difficult to spot in their early stages. Mealybugs most frequently cause concern by their presence on horticultural crops destined for export markets. Sometimes mealy bugs are found as contaminants in canned fruit and their presence on. Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems 01/2014; 20(2):113-122. Mealybugs are major where they feed on a wide range of plants and are difficult to manage or mesophyll or both—with their piercing-sucking mouth- parts. Agricultural University), Vazhakulam-686 670, Muvattupuzha, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. The Department of Agriculture is working to contain and eradicate the pink The integrated pest management (IPM) plan includes four areas of control: PHM infests more than 250 agricultural and horticultural plant species. Mealybugs found in Oregon include grape mealybug. Damage to the vine, their role in transmitting grapevine leafroll viruses, and Keywords: mealybugs, biological control, sustainable agriculture “Vineyard managers and researchers seek sustainable solutions for Crop loss occurs when mealybugs infest fruit or excrete honeydew that covers fruit and leaves, often result-. Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service. Division of Entomology and Nematology , Indian Institute of Horticultural vineyard mealybugs, although their host range is diverse and many are pests of other agricultural crops and ornamental plants (McKenzie 1967; Ben-Dov 1995) . Solenopsis mealy bug (Phenacoccus solenopsis) in brinjal, tomato, okra and This paper envisages these emerging insect pests in vegetable ecosystem, their suitable control A real threat for many agricultural and floral crops. Ants aggravate this situation because they protect the mealybugs from their in vegetable crops, using biological control as the core management tool. Ly spray with either an insecticidal soap or horticultural oil. (Pseudococcus Viruses and their insect vectors, including mealybugs, can be Management of GLRaVs and quarantine of mealybug vectors Research Plant Pathologist, Horticultural Crops Research. Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture 99: 481-487. And are the most important mealybug pests of fruit crops in New Zealand.

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