Massrearing establishment and dispersal of <i>Pseudaphycus maculipennis</i> a biocontrol agent for obscure mealybug

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  • J.G. Charles
  • D.J. Allan
  • D.J. Rogers
  • L.M. Cole
  • P.W. Shaw
  • D.R. Wallis

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https://doi.org/10.30843/nzpp.2004.57.6907

Abstract

Approximately 750000 P maculipennis (internal facultatively gregarious encyrtid parasitoids of the obscure mealybug (Pseudococcus viburni)) were released to 41 pipfruit orchards in Hawkes Bay Nelson/Motueka and Auckland and to the Wellington Botanic Gardens between 2001 and 2004 At least a year later they were recovered from 83 of the Hawkes Bay and 60 of the Nelson orchards and from the Wellington Botanic Gardens indicating that the parasitoid has a solid foothold in New Zealand Pseudaphycus maculipennis have dispersed since their release at a natural rate of about 200 m/year Laboratory massrearing production techniques for P maculipennis are described No measures of the impact of P maculipennis on obscure mealybug populations in orchards have yet been carried out

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2004-08-01

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Charles, J.G., D.J. Allan, D.J. Rogers, L.M. Cole, P.W. Shaw, and D.R. Wallis. “Massrearing Establishment and Dispersal of &lt;i&gt;Pseudaphycus maculipennis&lt;/i&gt; A Biocontrol Agent for Obscure Mealybug”. New Zealand Plant Protection 57 (August 1, 2004): 177–182. Accessed December 4, 2023. https://journal.nzpps.org/index.php/nzpp/article/view/6907.

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