From dmhinds@acnet.net Sat May 22 18:33:33 1999
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 13:11:32 -0600
From: Douglas M. Hinds <dmhinds@acnet.net>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Bio-control methods or agents effective against any of the  following
    pineapple pests & diseases

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Hello,

Does anyone out there worked with or have any reliable information regarding 
bio-control methods or agents effective against or good for restricting damage by:

(Ants) - Solenopsis geminata Fabr and Conomyrma sp (they both bring in the mealybugs)

(Mealybug - Homóptera) - Dysmicoccus brevipes CKL or Pseudococcus brevipes (which is a vector for a virus)

(Spider mite) - Dolichotetranychus floridanus

(No english common name given - Lepidoptera) - Thecla basilides or  Thecla echion (a tropical fruit worm)

(White termite - Isoptera) Gnathamitermes tubidormans 

(White grub - Coleoptera) - Phyllophaga spp. (common boring grub)

(No english common name given - Coleoptera) - Metamasius callizona (these black larvas attack the whole plant including the fruit, constructing galleries within them)

(No english common name given - Sinphylla) - Hanseniella ivorensis (small while organisms that attack roots)

(Nematodes of the genus') - Pratylenchus, Helicotylenchus, Tilenchorhynchus, Meloidogyne, Criconemoides, Aphelenchus, Radopholus, Tilenchus, Psilenchus y Hoploloimus (above all the first four)

(Fungus' ) - Phytophthora parasítica Dast, P. cinnammomi, P. cithophthora, P. parasítica var. nicotianae y Pythium polimorphun

(Bacteria) - Erwinia aananas


I already do have some information on hand but want to compare it with the experience and knowledge of others.  

Thanks in advance for sharing that.  (And thanks to those who responded constructively earlier, to both the pineapple floral induction and vanilla inquiries).


Douglas M. Hinds
Centro para el Desarrollo Comunitario y Rural, A.C. (CeDeCoR)
(Center for Community and Rural Development)
Petronilo Lopez No. 73
Cd. Guzman, Jalisco 49000 MEXICO
e-mail: dmhinds@acnet.net, cedecor@acnet.net, cedecor@ipnet.com.mx
 


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