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Insect wars

author(s) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
from Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
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regions
  • Asia
  • World
  • Caribbean
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Americas
  • Northern America
  • South America
citation

CTA. 2000. Insect wars. Spore 87. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

The hibiscus cochineal insect (Maconellicoccus hirsutus), a native of Asia, has been invading the Caribbean, the southern part of the United States and the north of Latin America (including Guyana) since 1994. It has wrought massive damage to plants...

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