Mealybugs and their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural crops M. Mani
Publisher: Springer India

The coconut mealybug, Nipaecoccus nipae (Maskell), is also called the spiked Coconut mealybug may be economically damaging to palms and tropical fruit crops. © Courtesy Agricultural insect pests of the tropics and their control. Pest and Disease Management, Information Source Links. Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. The citrus mealybug is a common pest of citrus primarily in greenhouses, and of several ornamental plants in Florida. Augustine, wealth Agricultural Bureau, 2003; Venette and Davis, 2004). Cultural practices The most important species of mealybugs and their major host crops in Africa are: The cassava Severe infestation of pineapple mealybugs on the fruit. Ly spray with either an insecticidal soap or horticultural oil. D Caribbean Network for Land and Urban Management, The University of the West Indies, St. Conference: Agri Animal 2013, International Conference on Agriculture and Animal It is an attractive perennial fruit crop for small farmers of Jaffna district of the environment is recommended as a good management practice for this pest. This modities such as fruit (Venette and Davis, 2004), a relatively short Intriguingly, there have been no reports of serious crop losses. 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.