Cassava mealybug control : parasitoid wasps hold the kairomone key - Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)

© IRD / Olivier Barrière Arable land denshering around Elahé, Amerindian village Wayana in French Guiana Indigo 44480  

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Cassava mealybug control : parasitoid wasps hold the kairomone key

January 2002

Scientific newssheets

© IRD / Paul Calatayud Guêpe parasite du Phenacoccus herreni " Aenasis vexans" Indigo 18265  

In South America, cassava has a formidable enemy in the form of the sap-feeding mealybug Phenacoccus herreni.