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volume 27 issue 2 (june 2006) : 142 - 146

CITRUS MEALY BUG (PLANOCOCCUS CITRI RISSO) MANAGEMENT - A REVIEW

C
C.N. Rao
V
V.J. Shivankar
S
Shyam Singh
1National Research Centre for Citrus, Amravati Road, Nagpur - 440 010, India

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Cite article:- Rao C.N., Shivankar V.J., Singh Shyam (2025). CITRUS MEALY BUG (PLANOCOCCUS CITRI RISSO) MANAGEMENT - A REVIEW. Agricultural Reviews. 27(2): 142 - 146. doi: .

ABSTRACT

Mealy bugs are destructive to citrus causing severe losses in Peninsular and North-Eastern India. Apart from citrus, mealy bugs attack curry leaf plant, cotton, banana, coffee, cocoa, ginger, mango etc. The citrus plants of all the ages even the pruned young citrus seedlings in cage house and nursery besides grown-up trees are attacked by mealy bugs. Besides arresting the plant growth it also causes leaf and fruit drop. Various methods of control like mechanical, cultural, chemical, biological and use of pheromones and IGR's which have been tried against the pest world over have been reviewed in this article. Development of forecasting models, working out ETL levels (location and species-wise), correlation of weather parameters with population dynamics etc. have been visualized as the future research strategies

KEYWORDS

    REFERENCES

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    2. 27th, 1999, pp. 931-934.
    3. Atwal, A.S. (1976). In: Agricultural Pests of India and South East Asia. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana, pp. 195-213.
    4. Bindra, O.S. (1970). In: Citrus Decline in India, Jt. Publi. of PAU/OSU/USAID, Ludhiana, Punjab.
    5. Chowdhury, S. and Majid, S. (1954). Hand Book of Plant Protection. Dept. Agri., Assam Publication, Shillong, pp.
    6. 177.
    7. Hefetz, A. and Tauber, O. (1990). J. Appl. Ent., 109: 502-506.
    8. Hessian, M.A. et al. (1996). Insect Environment, 2: 73-74.
    9. Jadhav, V.B and Pujari, C.V. (1999). In: International Symposium on Citriculture held at Nagpur during Nov., 23-
    10. 27th, 1999, pp. 902-904.
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    12. 362-363.
    13. Jayma L. Martin and Ronald, F.L. Mau (1992). Citrus Mealy bug, Planococcus citri (Risso). In: Crop Knowledge
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    15. Kalidas, P. and Shivankar, V.J. (1994). In: Final report of the project “Studies on Chemical Control of Insect Pests
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    17. pp. 35.
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    20. Vol. 27, No. 2, 2006 145
    21. Krishnamoorthy, A. and Mani, M. (1994). Indian Hort., 39: 12-13.
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    23. Longo, S. and Benfatto, D. (1982). Informatore Agrario., 38: 19671-19676.
    24. Mani, M. (1994). J. Ento. Res., 18: 351-355.
    25. Mani, M. and Krishnamoorthy, A. (1996). Indian Hort., 41: 43-45.
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    27. during Nov. 23 – 27th, 1999, pp. 116.
    28. Mendel, Z. et al. (1991). Phytoparasitica., 19: 103-112.
    29. Meyerdirk, D.E. et al. (1981). Southwestern Entomologist, 6: 49-52.
    30. Michelakis, S. et al. (1995). Israel J. Ento., 29: 277-284.
    31. Oncuer, C. and Bayhan, N. (1982). Turkiye Bitki Koruma Dergisi, 6: 85-90.
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    33. 956-960.
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    35. Shyam Singh et al. (2002). In: Citrus 1001 Questions and Answers. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi, pp. 226.
    36. Shylesha, A.K. and Pathak, K.A. (1999). In: Proc. National Symp. on Citriculture, held at Nagpur during Nov. 17-
    37. 19th , 1997, pp. 332-334.
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    39. Pests and Diseases held at Bangalore during June 26-28, 1990, pp. 294
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      volume 27 issue 2 (june 2006) : 142 - 146

      CITRUS MEALY BUG (PLANOCOCCUS CITRI RISSO) MANAGEMENT - A REVIEW

      C
      C.N. Rao
      V
      V.J. Shivankar
      S
      Shyam Singh
      1National Research Centre for Citrus, Amravati Road, Nagpur - 440 010, India

      • Submitted|

      • First Online |

      • doi

      Cite article:- Rao C.N., Shivankar V.J., Singh Shyam (2025). CITRUS MEALY BUG (PLANOCOCCUS CITRI RISSO) MANAGEMENT - A REVIEW. Agricultural Reviews. 27(2): 142 - 146. doi: .

      ABSTRACT

      Mealy bugs are destructive to citrus causing severe losses in Peninsular and North-Eastern India. Apart from citrus, mealy bugs attack curry leaf plant, cotton, banana, coffee, cocoa, ginger, mango etc. The citrus plants of all the ages even the pruned young citrus seedlings in cage house and nursery besides grown-up trees are attacked by mealy bugs. Besides arresting the plant growth it also causes leaf and fruit drop. Various methods of control like mechanical, cultural, chemical, biological and use of pheromones and IGR's which have been tried against the pest world over have been reviewed in this article. Development of forecasting models, working out ETL levels (location and species-wise), correlation of weather parameters with population dynamics etc. have been visualized as the future research strategies

      KEYWORDS

        REFERENCES

        1. Arora, P.K. et al. (1999). In: Proceedings International Symposium on Citriculture held at Nagpur during Nov. 23-
        2. 27th, 1999, pp. 931-934.
        3. Atwal, A.S. (1976). In: Agricultural Pests of India and South East Asia. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana, pp. 195-213.
        4. Bindra, O.S. (1970). In: Citrus Decline in India, Jt. Publi. of PAU/OSU/USAID, Ludhiana, Punjab.
        5. Chowdhury, S. and Majid, S. (1954). Hand Book of Plant Protection. Dept. Agri., Assam Publication, Shillong, pp.
        6. 177.
        7. Hefetz, A. and Tauber, O. (1990). J. Appl. Ent., 109: 502-506.
        8. Hessian, M.A. et al. (1996). Insect Environment, 2: 73-74.
        9. Jadhav, V.B and Pujari, C.V. (1999). In: International Symposium on Citriculture held at Nagpur during Nov., 23-
        10. 27th, 1999, pp. 902-904.
        11. Jadhav, V.B. et al. (1997). In: Proc. National Symp. on Citriculture held at Nagpur during Nov. 17-19th, 1997, pp.
        12. 362-363.
        13. Jayma L. Martin and Ronald, F.L. Mau (1992). Citrus Mealy bug, Planococcus citri (Risso). In: Crop Knowledge
        14. Master. http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/type/p_citri.htm.
        15. Kalidas, P. and Shivankar, V.J. (1994). In: Final report of the project “Studies on Chemical Control of Insect Pests
        16. of Nagpur Mandarin with Special Reference to Citrus Blackfly, psylla and leaf miner,” NRCC, Nagpur,
        17. pp. 35.
        18. Krishnamoorthy, A. and. Mani, M. (1989a). Curr. Sci., 58: 155-156.
        19. Krishnamoorthy, A. and Mani, M. (1989b). Curr. Sci., 58: 466.
        20. Vol. 27, No. 2, 2006 145
        21. Krishnamoorthy, A. and Mani, M. (1994). Indian Hort., 39: 12-13.
        22. Krishnamoorthy, A. and Singh, S.P. (1987). Entomophaga., 32: 143-148.
        23. Longo, S. and Benfatto, D. (1982). Informatore Agrario., 38: 19671-19676.
        24. Mani, M. (1994). J. Ento. Res., 18: 351-355.
        25. Mani, M. and Krishnamoorthy, A. (1996). Indian Hort., 41: 43-45.
        26. Mani, M. and Krishnamoorthy, A. (1999). In: Abstracts International Symposium on Citriculture held at Nagpur
        27. during Nov. 23 – 27th, 1999, pp. 116.
        28. Mendel, Z. et al. (1991). Phytoparasitica., 19: 103-112.
        29. Meyerdirk, D.E. et al. (1981). Southwestern Entomologist, 6: 49-52.
        30. Michelakis, S. et al. (1995). Israel J. Ento., 29: 277-284.
        31. Oncuer, C. and Bayhan, N. (1982). Turkiye Bitki Koruma Dergisi, 6: 85-90.
        32. Pathak, K.A. et al. (1999). In: Proc. Intl. Symp. on Citriculture, held at Nagpur during Nov. 23-27th , 1999, pp.
        33. 956-960.
        34. Shivankar, V.J. and Shyam Singh (2000). In: Citrus Insect Pests. NRCC Publication, Nagpur, pp. 252.
        35. Shyam Singh et al. (2002). In: Citrus 1001 Questions and Answers. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi, pp. 226.
        36. Shylesha, A.K. and Pathak, K.A. (1999). In: Proc. National Symp. on Citriculture, held at Nagpur during Nov. 17-
        37. 19th , 1997, pp. 332-334.
        38. Singh, S.P. (1990). In: Proceedings of the Indo-USSR Joint Workshop on Problems and Potentials of Biocontrol of
        39. Pests and Diseases held at Bangalore during June 26-28, 1990, pp. 294
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