Topakci, N. 2026 Species composition, natural enemies, and population density of pests in greenhouse banana plantations of the Western Mediterranean Region of Türkiye. Insects 17, 214

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distribution

ecology

host

illustration

natural enemies

survey

Notes: This study aimed to determine pest and natural enemy species, and pest population densities in greenhouse banana fields in the Western Mediterranean Region of Türkiye. This study also provides the first Turkish records of parasitoid Coccophagus shillongensis Hayat and Singh from Coccus hesperidum and Encarsia aurantii (Howard) from Chrysomphalus aonidum. Other scale insects recorded were Planococcus citri, Dysmicoccus brevipes, and Ceroplastes rusci. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17020214