Negm, M.F., Assem, S.M., & El Sisi, A.G. 2001 Comparison between some mineral oils and cidial for controlling mealybug Icerya seychellarum (Westwood) on mulberry trees by using knapsack motor sprayer.. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research 79(2): 453-461.

Notes: The efficacy of KZ-oil and CAPL-2 mineral oils at 420 and 630 litres/feddan against I. seychellarum on Japanese mulberry was evaluated in Qualubia, Egypt, during 1998. Cidial [phenthoate] at the same concentration was also evaluated for comparison. The lower insecticide rate (420 litres/feddan) was more effective in controlling I. seychellarum compared with the higher rate (630 litres/feddan). Cidial at 420 litres/feddan was most effective in controlling the pest population after one (86.2% reduction), two (95.0%), three (86.4%), and four (95.5%) weeks of spraying. Among the mineral oil treatments, KZ-oil at 420 litres/feddan gave the highest percent reductions of 66.7, 84.8, 71.0, and 83.6% after one, two, three, and four weeks of application.