| developing detection and monitoring strategies for planococcus minor (hemiptera: pseudococcidae). | a pheromone-based system to locate and monitor planococcus minor (maskell), a pest of over 250 plants including citrus, grape, and cacao, was tested. the difficulty in distinguishing p. minor from the citrus mealybug, p. citri, makes finding and evaluating the impact of the pest challenging. studies conducted in puerto rico determined that synthetic p. minor pheromone lures preaged 120 d in the field caught similar number of males as lures not aged (fresh). molecular analysis of trapped mealybug ... | 2012 | 23356070 |