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Occurrence of Bondar’s Nesting Whitefly, Paraleyrodes bondari (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), on cassava in Uganda
Omongo, CA Namuddu, A Okao-Okuja, G Alicai, T van Brunschot, S Colvin, J Ouvrard, DNM
Omongo, CA
Namuddu, A
Okao-Okuja, G
Alicai, T
van Brunschot, S
Colvin, J
Ouvrard, DNM
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2018-10-24
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Cassava is a valued calorific source to millions of Africans who eat it daily and a vital staple for their food security. One of the key constraints to this crop is whiteflies which are both a vector of viral diseases and a direct pest. Although the African cassava whitefly is known to cause physical damage on cassava with considerable tuberous yield loss, a recent whitefly outbreak caused unusually severe damage, which prompted the current reported investigation. Molecular identification of whitefly adults sampled from the affected cassava field revealed the presence of a new whitefly species, Paraleyrodes bondari. This communication is the first report of the occurrence of P. bondari on cassava in Uganda.
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Christopher Abu Omongo, Annet Namuddu, Geofrey Okao-Okuja, Titus Alicai, Sharon van Brunschot, David Ouvrard, John Colvin, Occurrence of Bondar's Nesting Whitefly, Paraleyrodes bondari (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), on cassava in Uganda, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, Volume 62, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 257-259, ISSN 0085-5626, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2018.10.001. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085562618300669)
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©2018 Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. This is an open access article under the CCBY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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