Pest categorisation of non-EU Margarodidae.
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SUBMITTER: EFSA Panel on Plant Health (EFSA PLH Panel)
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7009245 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
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Pest categorisation of non-EU Margarodidae.
Bragard Claude C Dehnen-Schmutz Katharina K Di Serio Francesco F Gonthier Paolo P Jacques Marie-Agnès MA Jaques Miret Josep Anton JA Justesen Annemarie Fejer AF Magnusson Christer Sven CS Milonas Panagiotis P Navas-Cortes Juan A JA Parnell Stephen S Potting Roel R Reignault Philippe Lucien PL Thulke Hans-Hermann HH Van der Werf Wopke W Vicent Civera Antonio A Yuen Jonathan J Zappalà Lucia L Malumphy Chris C Czwienczek Ewelina E MacLeod Alan A
EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority 20190430 4
The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of species in the family Margarodidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha; Coccoidea). Of 107 species of Margarodidae, 97 are not known to occur in the EU. Margarodids are cosmopolitan soil-dwelling species. The nymphs suck on the roots of host plants, while the adults have no mouthparts and do not feed. Some species are serious destructive pests of grape vines, sugar cane, oil palms, cotton or turf grass. The import of soil or rooted plants for plan ...[more]
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