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Mealy bugs: Dymicoccus brevipes

Oilpalm
Mealy bugs: Dymicoccus brevipes Symptoms of damage Mealy bugs infest the spear leaves of oil palm seedlings in the nursery and main field Yellowing of young leaves and stunted growth of palms. It is also infests the unripe and ripe oil palm fruits pre anthesising of male and female inflorescences. Identification of the pest Adult - White mealy bugs. Management Collection and destruction of infested plant parts Collect planting material from unaffected plantation Spraying with dimethoate at 0.03% or methyl demeton at 0.025%. Release coccinellid beetle, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri @ 10 / tree

Symptoms of damage

  • Mealy bugs infest the spear leaves of oil palm seedlings in the nursery and main field
  • Yellowing of young leaves and stunted growth of palms.
  • It is also infests the unripe and ripe oil palm fruits
  • pre anthesising of male and female inflorescences.
  • Adult - White mealy bugs.

Management

  • Collection and destruction of infested plant parts
  • Collect planting material from unaffected plantation
  • Spraying with dimethoate at 0.03% or methyl demeton at 0.025%.
  • Release coccinellid beetle, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri @ 10 / tree