Abstract:
Papaya is attacked by various arthropods pests like fruit flies, whiteflies, aphids and mealy bugs.
Among these The papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus is a invasive pest. Papaya
mealybug, is a small, soft bodied insect pest belongs to the Family Pseudococcidae under the
subOrder homoptera. Invasion of papaya mealybug in Asia was first reported from Java,
Indonesia and Tamil Nadu in India during 2008. It can cause direct damage by feeding on
various plant parts and as well they also inject toxic saliva into plant tissues , excrete honey dew
it leads to the growth of sooty mould fungus and photosynthetic activity of plant will be
reduced . At the time of feeding, it injects a toxin into the plant which causes chlorosis, stunting,
leaf deformation and heavy build-up of honeydew ultimately leading to the death of the plant. In
order to understand more about the biology, host range, damaging symptoms and their
management this review article has been written |
