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Pakistan’s papaya pest squashed through biocontrol

Source
SciDev.net

Publication Date
2017-01-09

[ISLAMABAD] A severe infestation of the papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus) nearly wiped out papaya orchards in Pakistan before the largely farmed country decided to replace conventional chemical pesticides that were ineffective with natural predators that proved to be successful.

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http://www.scidev.net/global/biotechnology/feature/pakistan-papaya-pest-biocontrol.html