El-Fatih, M., Moharum, F., Ahmed, M. (2015). FIRST RECORD OF THE MEALYBUG, Phenacoccus solenopsis TINSLEY (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AS A NEW PEST ON BANANA PLANTS IN EGYPT. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 6(11), 1537-1541. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2015.75422
Monira M. El-Fatih; Fatma A. Moharum; M A. Ahmed. "FIRST RECORD OF THE MEALYBUG, Phenacoccus solenopsis TINSLEY (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AS A NEW PEST ON BANANA PLANTS IN EGYPT". Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 6, 11, 2015, 1537-1541. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2015.75422
El-Fatih, M., Moharum, F., Ahmed, M. (2015). 'FIRST RECORD OF THE MEALYBUG, Phenacoccus solenopsis TINSLEY (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AS A NEW PEST ON BANANA PLANTS IN EGYPT', Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 6(11), pp. 1537-1541. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2015.75422
El-Fatih, M., Moharum, F., Ahmed, M. FIRST RECORD OF THE MEALYBUG, Phenacoccus solenopsis TINSLEY (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AS A NEW PEST ON BANANA PLANTS IN EGYPT. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2015; 6(11): 1537-1541. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2015.75422
FIRST RECORD OF THE MEALYBUG, Phenacoccus solenopsis TINSLEY (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AS A NEW PEST ON BANANA PLANTS IN EGYPT
Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
Cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) was recorded for the first time on banana, Musa acuminate L. (Musaceae) in Egypt during July, 2015. This species was recorded on banana plantations during a monitor study of pests from April to November, 2015 as a part of the periodical inspection of banana pests in El-Wasta, Beni-Swief Governorate, Egypt