Sampathkumar, M., Mohan, M., Shylesha, A.N., Joshi, S., Venkatesan, T., Gupta, A., Vennila, S., Venkatachalam, S.R., Vijayakumar, M., Subramanian, M., Yoganayagi, M., Ashika, T.R., & Bakthavatsalam, N. 2021 Occurrence of cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Pseudococcidae: Hemiptera), a new invasive pest on cassava in India and prospects for its classical biological control. Current Science 120(2): 432-435

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Notes: A recent introduction to India is the cassava mealybug (CMB), Phenacoccus manihoti on cassava. The prospects of its suppression by classical biological control are quite vibrant and the initiative to import the parasitoid wasp, Anagyrus lopezi from Thailand and the Republic of Benin is already being taken by ICAR-NBAIR, Bengaluru, India.