Occurrence of new species of mealybug on cotton fields in the states of Bahia and Paraíba, Brazil
Document title: Occurrence of new species of mealybug on cotton fields in the states of Bahia and Paraíba, Brazil
Journal: Bragantia
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000356293
ISSN: 0006-8705
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Algodao, Campina Grande, Paraiba. Brasil
Year:
Season: Oct-Dic
Volumen: 71
Number: 4
Pages: 467-470
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental
English abstract The cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) has been reported occurring in several countries causing severe losses in economically important crops, including cotton. Based on information reported by farmers in the regions of the Southwest and Middle São Francisco, Bahia and also in the regions of the Agreste and Semi-arid of the Paraiba State, high infestations of cotton mealybugs have occurred in these regions during the cotton season of 2007 and 2008. The cotton mealybug was identified as P. solenopsis and this represents the first record of this insect attacking cotton in Brazil
Portuguese abstract A cochonilha do algodão, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) tem sido registrada ocorrendo em vários países, causando perdas severas em diversas culturas de interesse econômico, incluindo o algodão. De acordo com informações relatadas por agricultores familiares do Sudoeste e Médio São Francisco, Bahia e também do Agreste e Semiárido da Paraíba, ocorreram altas infestações de cochonilhas de algodão nessas regiões durante as safras de 2007 e 2008. O inseto foi identificado como P. solenopsis e representa o primeiro registro deste inseto atacando algodão no Brasil
Disciplines: Biología,
Economía
Keyword: Insectos,
Economía agrícola,
Fitopatología,
Algodón,
Gossypium hirsutum,
Hemiptera,
Phenacoccus solenopsis,
Pseudococcidae
Keyword: Biology,
Economics,
Insects,
Agricultural economics,
Phytopathology,
Cotton,
Gossypium hirsutum,
Hemiptera,
Phenacoccus solenopsis,
Pseudococcidae
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