Invasive Papaya Pest Discovered in Asia

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - 11:28 in Mathematics & Economics

Papaya is a multimillion dollar crop in Indonesia, India, countries in the Caribbean and South America, the Hawaiian Islands, and Florida. The first reported occurrences of papaya mealybug in Indonesia and Southeast Asia were in May and then in July. Scientists are using integrated pest management to contain the pest.

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