Aerosols and aerosolacquired disease, the aerobiologic pathway of communicable infectious disease, experimental aerobiological infection, sample efficiencies of biological threat agents in aerosol, aerosol biophysical characteristics, particle generation methods for infectious agents, optimization of particle distributions and. Ferrisia virgata, also known as cockerell, generally infest the honge trees in february. A relatively new species, it had previously been recorded as a pest of pistachio. Free plant biology books download ebooks online textbooks. But occasionally mealybugs strike outdoors flowers and shrubs. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Lapis eb 1970 the biology of the grey mealybug, ferrisia virgata. Since first detected in texas in 2004, this pest has spread to twelve states causing losses to stakeholders. Aug 06, 2014 we provide a general overview of features and technical specifications of an online, interactive tool for the identification of scale insects of concern to the u. Shortly afterwards, this mealybug was described under several different names from india newstead 1894c, sri lanka green 1896, madagascar newstead 1908, west africa vayssiere 1912 and java keuchenius. Morphology and taxonomic study of blackwinged stilt from district larkana. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Ferrisia virgata were reared on healthy periwinkle, catharanthus.
Molecular phylogeny and species recognition in the. The phloemsap feeding mealybug ferrisia virgata carries candidatus liberibacter asiaticus populations that do not cause disease in host plants marco pitino, affiliation united states horticultural research laboratory, united states department of agricultureagriculture research service, fort pierce, florida, united states of america. The status, biology, and conservation of serianthes nelsonii fabaceae, an endangered micronesian tree author links open overlay panel gary j. In 1929, takahashi claimed erroneously that the name ferrisia was a homonym, and replaced it with ferrisiana.
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