Circulative transmission of cocoa swollen shoot virus by the mealybug Planococcoides njalensis (Laing) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae)
First instar nymphs of Planococcoides njalensis, fed on CSSV infected cocoa seedlings, transmitted the virus to cocoa bean test plants even if moulting had taken place after acquisitions feed. There was no significant difference between the infection rate of moulted and unmoulted control insects
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Tafo (Ghana)
1971
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Subjects: | THEOBROMA CACAO, COCOA SWOLLEN SHOOT VIRUS, VIROSIS, VECTORES, TRANSMISION DE ENFERMEDADES, PLANOCOCCOIDES NJALENSIS, COCCOIDEA, |
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