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Title: | Introduced sap-feeding insect pests of crop plants in the Maltese Islands |
Authors: | Mifsud, David Watson, Gillian W. |
Keywords: | Insect pests -- Malta Hemiptera -- Malta Thrips -- Malta Scale insects -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 1999-06 |
Publisher: | The Central Mediterranean Naturalist |
Citation: | Mifsud, D., Watson, G. W. (1999). Introduced sap-feeding insect pests of crop plants in the Maltese Islands. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist, 3(1), 29-34. |
Abstract: | Sap-feeding insects within Hemiptera and Thysanoptera are some of the most important crop pests world-wide. Apart from the loss of yield they cause by sap depletion, saliva toxicity and soiling of the leaves, some species transmit serious plant virus diseases. Important sap-feeding species that have been introduced to the Maltese Islands include the whitefly Bemisia tabaci; the scale insects Pseudo coccus !ongispinus, Planococcus citri and lcerya purchasi; the aphids Aphis gossypii, Aphis spiraecola, Myzus persicae and Viteus viti/oliae; and the thrips Frankliniella occidentalis and Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis. For each of these pests information is provided on area of origin, present distribution, host-plant range and virus disease transmission. Control strategies undertaken in the Maltese Islands are described where relevant. Some general considerations on quarantine measures are discussed. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/14983 |
Appears in Collections: | CMN, Volume 3, Part 1 CMN, Volume 3, Part 1 Scholarly Works - InsESRSF |
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