Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, (MAPA), Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira, (CEPLAC), Superintendência de Desenvolvimento da Região Cacaueira no Estado da Bahia, (Sueba), & Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, (Cepec) 2014 Ocorrência da cochonilha rosada em cacauais da Bahia e Espírito Santo [Occurrence of pink mealybug in cocoa plantations in Bahia and Espírito Santo]. Comunicado Ceplac/Cepec

Keywords:

  • control
  • distribution
  • host
  • record
  • Notes: In 2013, in the municipality of Linhares, Espírito Santo, the occurrence of pink mealybug was recorded in cocoa trees, and, subsequently, CEPLAC registered, for the first time, the attack of this insect on cocoa trees in Bahia, in the municipality of Mucuri, and its presence was later detected in Itamaraju in the Extreme South and Recôncavo Baiano.