Journal article

Publication year: 1989

Pages: 671-678

Journal: Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volume number: 79

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 0007-4853

eISSN: 1475-2670

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300018824

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Abstract: 
Rastrococcus invadens Williams was first noticed in Togo in 1981 and has since become a serious pest on many plants, especially mango and citrus. In June 1986, a programme for its biological control was begun, resulting in the introduction into Togo in October 1987 of an encyrtid parasitoid, Gyranusoidea tebygi Noyes. The parasitoid was reared under a simple system and releases were made from November 1987. The parasitoid established readily under a range of ecological conditions and produced significant control within the first year up to 100 km from each release point.

Harvard Citation style: AGRICOLA, U., AGOUNKE, D., FISCHER, H. and MOORE, D. (1989) THE CONTROL OF RASTROCOCCUS-INVADENS WILLIAMS (HEMIPTERA, PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) IN TOGO BY THE INTRODUCTION OF GYRANUSOIDEA-TEBYGI NOYES (HYMENOPTERA, ENCYRTIDAE), Bulletin of Entomological Research, 79(4), pp. 671-678. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300018824

APA Citation style: AGRICOLA, U., AGOUNKE, D., FISCHER, H., & MOORE, D. (1989). THE CONTROL OF RASTROCOCCUS-INVADENS WILLIAMS (HEMIPTERA, PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) IN TOGO BY THE INTRODUCTION OF GYRANUSOIDEA-TEBYGI NOYES (HYMENOPTERA, ENCYRTIDAE). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 79(4), 671-678. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300018824