young leaf miner larvae by using them as a food source. This is known as host feeding. Visual effect The presence of Diglyphus isaea in the crop is…
Planococcus ficus ). Visual effect Pupae develop in the mummified skin of the host and look like swollen mealybug larvae. Empty pupae have an…
Germination of the oospores is stimulated by exudates from roots of a susceptible host nearby. The oospores germinate and form so-called sporangia…
for Eriophyidae which have two pairs of legs. They continue feeding on the host plant and go through several molts, shedding their exoskeleton as they…
regions, but these days it is widespread throughout the world. The range of host plants of Pseudococcus longispinus is less extensive than that of the…
scarce, the larvae move away from the tree collectively to colonise another host nearby. At pupation time (late June, early July), the larvae spin…
The female lays up to 2,000 eggs on the underside of the leaves of their host plant, usually separately but sometimes in small groups. These eggs are…
These bacteria convert the host tissue into a food source, on which nematodes feed, develop, and reproduce inside the host. This kills the pest within
crop rotation in field crops of at least two years and alternate with a non-host crop Apply deep-ploughing to stimulate the decay of crop residues…
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