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A new Mealy Bug attacking Pineapple Plants in Mauritius

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Raymond Mamet
Affiliation:
Rose Hill, Mauritius.

Extract

The pineapple plantations of Mauritius have sustained since 1937 severe attacks of mealybugs (Pseudococcus spp.) which threatened to ruin the whole crop in certain localities. These attacks result in a wilting of the plants, which may be due to a toxin secreted by the bugs during their process of feeding.

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Original Articles
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1941

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References

* These figures are averages of fairly long series of each species.

I am indebted to Mr. E. E. Green for a list of these species.