Fruit Crops Avocado

Authors: M Mani

Publish Date: 2016

Volume: , Issue: , Pages: 419-422

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Abstract

Mealybugs are injurious to avocado in California Chile New Zealand Israel etc Mealybugs suck phloem sap from avocado The infested plants are found with sticky honeydew and blackish sooty mould that fouls fruit Imidacloprid applied to the foliage was efficient in controlling Pseudococcus longispinus in Chile Parasitic wasps are especially important in controlling outbreaks because the wasps specialize on mealybugs and reproduce rapidly The encyrtids Acerophagus notativentris Girault Arhopoideus peregrinus Compere and Anarhopus sydneyensis Timberlake are known to parasitise longtailed mealybug As a result of limiting aerial sprays of cotton near avocado and the release of natural enemies the longtailed mealybug population and its damage were greatly reduced

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