Effect of different bio-control agents on the bamboo pit scale, Bambusaspis bambusae and the seychellarum mealybug, Icerya seychellarum under laboratory conditions [electronic resource].

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The relative toxicity of different natural control agents against the bamboo pit scale, Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval) and the seychellarum mealybug, Icerya seychellarum (Westwood) were studied under laboratory conditions. The potency of three natural compounds namely (Biovar, Bio-Ranza and Super Mesrona oil) compared with OP, Sumithion against the nymphs, non-gravid and gravid females of the bamboo pit scale, Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval) was carried out using direct exposure technique. The obtained data indicated that the bamboo pit scale, Bambusaspis bambusae (under laboratory conditions) showed less susceptibility to the tested compounds as compared with the seychellarum mealybug, Icerya seychellarum.

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