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First report of the enset root mealybug Paraputo ensete (Williams & Matile Ferrero) (Hem.: Pseudococcidae) on banana in Ethiopia

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Title First report of the enset root mealybug Paraputo ensete (Williams & Matile Ferrero) (Hem.: Pseudococcidae) on banana in Ethiopia
 
Creator Erenso, Fikadu
Blomme, Guy
Goergen, Georg
Muanenda, Mitiku
Kearsley, Elizabeth
Addis, Temesgen
 
Subject dna
pest control
host plants
root systems
dna analysis
ensete ventricosum
host plant
musa spp
 
Description Enset root mealybugs, a major pest affecting the cultivation of the enset crop in the Ethiopian highlands, have for the first time been observed on banana mats indicating the potential host status of Musa spp. These observations were made under natural conditions in backyard gardens in the Gedeo zone, southern Ethiopia, on the root system of banana mats of the ‘Pisang Awak’ (local name ‘Feranji Muz’, ABB genome group) landrace. Here, we confirm the identification of the collected enset root mealybug specimens on banana mat root systems as Paraputo ensete (Williams & Matile-Ferrero) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) through DNA analysis.
 
Date 2023-04
2023-04-27T15:43:20Z
2023-04-27T15:43:20Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Erenso, F.; Blomme, G.; Goergen, G.; Muanenda, M.; Kearsley, E.; Addis, T. (2023) First report of the enset root mealybug Paraputo ensete (Williams & Matile Ferrero) (Hem.: Pseudococcidae) on banana in Ethiopia. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 6 p. ISSN: 1742-7584
1742-7584
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130169
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01003-9
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 1141-1146
application/pdf
 
Publisher Springer
 
Source International Journal of Tropical Insect Science