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Distribution areas and host plants of Madeira mealybug, Phenacoccus madeirensis (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from the eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey
Article number
1269_29
Pages
221 – 230
Language
English
Abstract
In recent years, some insects have begun to be economically important pests in some countries.
Scale insects (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are some of them which can be easily spread over the continents because of their high adaptation ability in almost all temperate areas.
Scale insects have a wide range of host plants and cause serious damages on different plantation all over the world.
According to this study, 195 Madeira mealybug, Phenacoccus madeirensis (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) samples were collected from the eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey in recreation areas from September 2012 to September 2013 and in September 2015. Sixteen new plant families and 49 new hostplants were determined as new record for P. madeirensis.
Scale insects (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are some of them which can be easily spread over the continents because of their high adaptation ability in almost all temperate areas.
Scale insects have a wide range of host plants and cause serious damages on different plantation all over the world.
According to this study, 195 Madeira mealybug, Phenacoccus madeirensis (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) samples were collected from the eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey in recreation areas from September 2012 to September 2013 and in September 2015. Sixteen new plant families and 49 new hostplants were determined as new record for P. madeirensis.
Authors
B.T. Ulaşlı, A.F. Çalışkan-Keçe, M. Ulusoy
Keywords
invasive mealybug, pest spreading area, ornamental plants, new host plants
Groups involved
- Division Temperate Tree Fruits
- Division Vine and Berry Fruits
- Division Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts
- Division Ornamental Plants
- Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers
- Commission Banana
- Division Horticulture for Development
- Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering
- Division Plant Genetic Resources, Breeding and Biotechnology
- Division Plant-Environment Interactions in Field Systems
- Division Postharvest and Quality Assurance
- Division Greenhouse and Indoor Production Horticulture
- Division Landscape and Urban Horticulture
- Division Horticulture for Human Health
- Commission Cultivar Registration
- Division Temperate Tree Nuts
- Commission Agroecology and Organic Farming Systems
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