Population Fluctuation of Selenaspidus articulatus Morgan (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Rubber Tree

Abstract Rubber tree is the main source of natural rubber in the world. Because of its economic importance, cultivation was accentuated in several regions of Brazil in the form of monoculture, thus favoring insects to establish in the crop. Among them, the West Indian red scale cochineal Selenaspidu...

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Main Authors: Jéssica Ferreira Silva, Jaqueline Magalhães Pereira, Daniel Floriano das Chagas, Vitor Pureza Cardoso, Ohana Daroszewski Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro 2020-03-01
Series:Floresta e Ambiente
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-80872020000100120&tlng=en