Cassava-Mealybug interactions
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Paul-André Calatayud
Bruno Le Rü
Language
EnglishRésumé
Most basic information on plant-mealybug interactions during the last decade has come from research on the cassava Manihot esculenta Crantz (Euphorbiaceae) system with two mealybug species, namely Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero and Phenacoccus herreni Cox and Williams (Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae). Both these insects cause severe damage to cassava in Africa and South America, respectively. This book reviews these interactions (plant selection by the insects, nutritional requirements, influence of the climate, intrinsic and extrinsic plant-defence mechanisms). It should be useful for entomologists, crop scientists, agronomists and ecologists as well as for teachers and students.
Keywords
parasite; phenacoccus herreni; cassava; cochinealISBN
9782709922814Publisher
IRD ÉditionsPublisher website
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2006Classification
Research & information: general