El Aalaoui, M., & Sbaghi, M. 2023a Potential of parasitoids to control Diaspis echinocacti (Bouché) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Opuntia spp. cactus pear. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control doi.org/10.1186/s41938-023-00704-0
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Notes: Infestation of cactus pear plants by D. echinocacti and parasitism rates of its two parasitoids were evaluated in fields in Zemamra-Morocco, for three years (2020–2022). Infested cladodes were collected and incubated in the laboratory (27 ± 1 °C) for parasitism study. The results of this investigation suggest that both Plagiomerus diaspidis and Aphytis debachi had the potential to effectively control infestations of D. echinocacti on cactus pear plantations.
