Impact assessment of the biological control of the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), by the introduced parasitoid Epidinocarsis lopezi (De Santis) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

The impact of Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero on growth and tuber yield of cassava, and the results of its biological control by the exotic parasitoid Epidinocarsis lopezi (De Santis) were investigated in a survey of 60 farmers' fields in Ghana and Ivory Coast over an area of 180 000 km2 of the...

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Main Authors: Neuenschwander, Peter, Hammond, W.N.O., Gutiérrez, A.P., Cudjoe, A.R., Adjakloe, R., Baumgaertner, J.U., Regev, U.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge University Press 1989
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108756

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