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Studies on Some Sooty Moulds on Guava in Malaysia

Lim Tong Kwee

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 1988

Keywords: Corcyra cephalonica; kupu-kupu beras; klorpirifos; diklorvos, malathion; permethrin fos-metii.

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Sooty moulds proliferate in abundance on the foliage of guava, subsisting on the honeydew secreted by scale insects aphids, whiteflies, and mealy bugs. Nine species, five Ascomycetes species namely, Phragmocapnias betle, Scorias philippensis, Trichomerium grandisporum, Limacinula musicola and Aithaloderma clavatisporum; and four Deuteromycetes genera viz. Tripospermum sp., Polychaeton sp., Leptoxyphium sp. and Conidiocarpus sp., are described and reported as new records on guava for Peninsular Malaysia.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

Article ID

PERT-0502-1988

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