Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 2

Natural epizootic of pink fungus, Paecilomyces lilacinus (Thom) Samson on green scale, Coccus viridis (Green)

  • Author:
  • P. N. Ganga Visalaksy, C. Swathi, C. N. Darshana, K. Gopala Krishna Pillai, A. Krishna Moorthy
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 240 to 241

Division of Entomology and Nematology, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaragatta lake post, Bengaluru.-560089, India

*E-mail: gangesv@iihr.ernet.in

Online published on 2 May, 2015.

Abstract

Coccus viridis is a serious pest of many plants of horticultural importance. An epizootics of entamo-fungal infection of C. viridis by Paecilomyces lilacinus resulted in cent per cent mortality of the pest. This is the first report globally of a member of genus Paecilomyces infecting scale insect.

Keywords

Epizootics, Coccus viridis, Paecilomyces lilacinus