BOGOR, Indonesia – They are the size of a pinhead and don't even pack a sting, but these tiny wasps are cold-blooded killers nonetheless. They work as nature's SWAT team, neutralizing a pest ...

Thai media have reported that cassava mealybugs are one factor contributing to a blight that could reduce 2009-10 cassava yields there to 23 million tonnes from an earlier projection of 29 million ...

Unless they are controlled, Macgregor said, the mealybugs could result in the same type of damage that hit a group of 30 African countries that became infested with mealybugs in the 1980s. “The 30 ...

Pappaya mealy bug ( Paracoccus marginatus) causes severe economic damage in cassava yield. The mealy bugs are white to pink in colour and measure 3-4 mm in length. Adult females are oval and ...

For cassava in Southeast Asia, mealybugs and whiteflies are already endemic in the region. ... which has caused extensive damage to cassava in Africa and South America.

A minuscule wasp that attacks a destructive crop pest seems to have helped stabilize global food markets and dampen price volatility. In 2008, the invasive cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti ...

The first wave of an army of 250,000 wasps was deployed to eradicate a plague of mealybugs that threatens to devastate Thailand’s $1.5 billion crop of cassava plants.

As pest infestation threatens to devastate the major South-East Asian crop, scientists call for biological control.

The most serious of the three, cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti), first reported in India from Thrissur in April 2020 by ICAR-NBAIR, is the latest example.

Parasitoid released to control cassava mealybug at tapioca research station in Salem. June 8, 2025 e-Paper. ... The pests caused severe damage and yield loss in Salem, ...

CHENNAI: Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare MRK Panneerselvam has assured to address the cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero) menace in the State. During a debate on ...