Mamoon-ur-Rashid, M., Khattak, M.K., & Abdullah, K. 2012 Phenological response of cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) to three prominent host plants. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 44(2): 341-346

Keywords:

  • host
  • life cycle
  • nymph
  • phenology
  • reproduction
  • Notes: The phenological studies of cotton mealybug were carried out to investigate the development, survival and reproduction on three host plants of economic importance [cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) and okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)] under controlled environmental conditions (40° C, 65% RH and 10:14 light: dark regime).