Insects and mites that attack cassava are described and grouped according to the part of the plant affected, and some control measures are given: (1) Insects that attack planting material: scale insects (Aonidomytilus albus), fruit flies (Anastrepha spp.) and stemborers (Coleoptera). (2) Cuttings and seedling damage: white grubs (Leucopholis rorida and Phyllophaga sp.), cutworms (Agrotis ipsilon and Prodenia eridania), termites (Coptotermes spp.) and crickets (Gryllus assimilis and Gryllotalpa sp.). (3) Insects and mites that attack the aerial part: (a) leaf-eating insects: cassava hornworm (Erinnyis ello), leaf-cutting ants (Atta sp. and Acromyrmex sp.); (b) mites and piercing insects: mites (Tetranychus urticae, Oligonychus peruvianus and...
The utilization of plant extracts might be an alternative for the control of crop pests. Between the...
The number of pollinators has declined alarmingly in recent decades worldwide in agroecosystems, due...
A program of biological control of the cassava hornworm appears feasible. The following biological c...
Aspects related to pest management in cassava are discussed: (1) favorable factors involved insect/p...
Losses in root and planting material production caused by different pests as well as their biologica...
The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (Smith & Abott) is a pest organism in México’s maize, ...
El experimento fue ejecutado en el Campo Experimental de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias Sede Pedro...
The biology, damage caused, and control (cultural, chemical, and var. resistance) of the following i...
The Carmenta foraseminis moth is the most important pest of cocoa cultivation in the entire region a...
The biology, behavior, ecology, economic damage, and control of the cassava stemborer Chilomina clar...
The biology of pod-attacking insect pests of beans (Apion godmani, Epinotia aporema, Maruca testulal...
Cassava mealybugs constitute one of the major production problems of cassava in Africa and the Ameri...
The cassava shoot fly, Neosilba perezi (Romero & Ruppel) (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) attacks the term...
The number of pollinators has declined alarmingly in recent decades worldwide in agro-ecosystems, du...
Information on some diseases and pests that attack cassava, as well as the symptoms induced by nutri...
The utilization of plant extracts might be an alternative for the control of crop pests. Between the...
The number of pollinators has declined alarmingly in recent decades worldwide in agroecosystems, due...
A program of biological control of the cassava hornworm appears feasible. The following biological c...
Aspects related to pest management in cassava are discussed: (1) favorable factors involved insect/p...
Losses in root and planting material production caused by different pests as well as their biologica...
The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (Smith & Abott) is a pest organism in México’s maize, ...
El experimento fue ejecutado en el Campo Experimental de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias Sede Pedro...
The biology, damage caused, and control (cultural, chemical, and var. resistance) of the following i...
The Carmenta foraseminis moth is the most important pest of cocoa cultivation in the entire region a...
The biology, behavior, ecology, economic damage, and control of the cassava stemborer Chilomina clar...
The biology of pod-attacking insect pests of beans (Apion godmani, Epinotia aporema, Maruca testulal...
Cassava mealybugs constitute one of the major production problems of cassava in Africa and the Ameri...
The cassava shoot fly, Neosilba perezi (Romero & Ruppel) (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) attacks the term...
The number of pollinators has declined alarmingly in recent decades worldwide in agro-ecosystems, du...
Information on some diseases and pests that attack cassava, as well as the symptoms induced by nutri...
The utilization of plant extracts might be an alternative for the control of crop pests. Between the...
The number of pollinators has declined alarmingly in recent decades worldwide in agroecosystems, due...
A program of biological control of the cassava hornworm appears feasible. The following biological c...