Table 1: Means of cotton
mealybug incidence for the different localities with 95% confidence limits.
Achyranthes aspera (Amaranthaceae) and Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae) commonly available in the agro-climate of Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan were evaluated against 1st instar cotton
mealybug following multi choice experiment under laboratory conditions at temperature of 25+- 2degC and relative humidity 65 +- 5%.
"Farmers are happy with this costeffective, pesticide-free technique to deal with the
mealybug and now see possibilities of recovering their papaya farms," says CABI research coordinator Abdul Rehman.
Of the many pseudococddeos parasites, Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green, 1908 (HAYAT, 2006), the pink hibiscus
mealybug, was most recently detected in Brazil (MARSARO JR, et al., 2013).
Shinde said, " We are using chemical, organic and biological methods to tackle the
Mealybug menace.
Key words: Feeding potential, Chrysoperla carnea, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, cotton
mealybug.
Effect of nitrogen fertility on reproduction and development of citrus
mealybug, Planococcus citri Risso (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae), feeding on two colors of coleus, Solenostemon scutellarioides L.
Paper on background and status of
mealybug Maconellicoccus hirsutus in Granada.
The value of leaf pubescence is not entirely known, but it does contribute to
mealybug resistance (Johnson-Cicalese et al., 1998), and may contribute to reduced evaporation from leaf surfaces (Kramer, 1983).
This species of
mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus, has spread throughout the Caribbean region since first being detected on the island of Grenada in 1994.
In the training sessions, farmers are being shown the various control methods at all stages of
mealybug growth, namely the nymph and adult.