Sexual signals are often central to reproduction, and their expression is thought to strike a
balance between advertising to mates and avoiding detection by predatory eavesdroppers …

Cassava is a major staple, bio‐energy and industrial crop in many parts of the develo**
world. In Southeast Asia, cassava is grown on> 4 million ha by nearly 8 million (small‐scale) …

Synthetic chemicals are extensively used to limit the substantial crop damage induced by
two closely related scale insects, the vine mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret) and the …

[EN] Mating disruption (MD) is a species-specific and environmentally friendly pest
management tactic based on the release of synthetic sex pheromones aiming to interrupt the …

The vine mealybug (VMB), Planococcus ficus, is a major grapevine pest worldwide, whose
chemical control is often unsatisfactory due to its cryptic behavior, insecticide resistance and …

Piercing-and-sucking insects are distinguished by their specialized mouthparts, with stylets
adapted to penetrate and suck fluids from plant or animal tissues. These insects are …

Mating disruption field experiments to control the vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus
(Signoret)(Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), were carried out in 2008 and 2009 in two …

Supartha IW, Yudha IKW, Wiradana PA, Susila IW. 2020. Response of parasitoids to
invasive pest Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on …

This chapter first identifies the essential elements in insect parasitoid chemical ecology.
Then, it reviews studies on the manipulation of natural enemies with semiochemicals at the …

The mealybugs are soft-bodied sap-sucking insect pests catalogued under the group of
scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) with the worldwide distribution of about 2000 species …