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Revista de Protección Vegetal
Print version ISSN 1010-2752
Abstract
HERNANDEZ, Idania M and MARTINEZ, María de los A. Dysmicoccus brevipes Cokerell (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) NEW REPORT FOR Hedychium coronarium Koenig, WHITE GINGER FLOWER, IN CUBA. Rev. Protección Veg. [online]. 2012, vol.27, n.1, pp. 54-55. ISSN 1010-2752.
The presence of Dysmicoccus brevipes Cokerell is reported for the first time in the country in the flower rhizome of Hedychium coronarium Koenig, whose symptoms are characterized by tissue necrotic, depressions, in which abundant populations of this insect were found in different development stages.
Keywords : Dysmicoccus brevipes; mealybugs; Pseudococcidae; Hedychium coronarium; rhizomes.