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Fruit Crops: Banana

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Mealybugs and their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural crops

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Mealybugs on banana in different countries are reported. Damage, varietal susceptibility, natural enemies and management of arboreal and root mealybugs are reviewed and reported.

Mealybugs are injurious to banana in India, Africa, Florida, West Indies, Hawaii, Canary Islands etc (Table 45.1).

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Thanks are due to Mr. R. Govindaraj JRF for assistance.

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  1. ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli, 620 102, India

    B. Padmanaban & M. M. Mustaffa

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  1. of Horticultural Research, Indian Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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Padmanaban, B., Mustaffa, M.M. (2016). Fruit Crops: Banana. In: Mani, M., Shivaraju, C. (eds) Mealybugs and their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural crops . Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2677-2_45

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