Queen Pineapple - Major Insect Pest

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Figure 1. Queen Pineapple fruit infested with PPMB

Description
  • Pink pineapple mealybug, Dysmicoccus brevipes Cockerell (PPMB), is one of the major pests of pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.) Merrill].
  • Belongs to Family Pseudococcidae and described as cottony, small, oval and soft-bodied sucking insect (Joy, et al., 2013).
  • Feeds on the fruits, roots, stem, and leaves of the plant (Ceniza et al, 2018)
  • Dispersed by ants (Joy et, 2013) because PPMB secreteS sweet and sticky liquid called honeydew as a by-product of its feeding (Rohrbach and Johnson, 2003).
  • Distribution: Baybay City, Javier, Ormoc City, Villaba in Leyte; Silago in Southern Leyte; San Lorenzo in Camarines Norte (QP Project 4)

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College of Agriculture and Food Science

Department of Agronomy

Department of Agricultural Education and Extension

Department of Animal Science

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Department of Pest Management

Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics

Department of Soil Science

 

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