A . They are almost surely mealy bugs, tender-bodied sucking insects protected by a coating of waxy white threads.
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The mealy bug has been able to spread because we have not tackled the problem as early as we should,
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Also, Grenada's banana industry is threatened by the mealy bug and by the expectation of increased competition in the British market.
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The world shouldn't ban genetically modified food _ it should develop a cassava root resistant to the mealy bug and drought-proof corn.
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Pests of " Scadoxus " in cultivation in the UK include mealy bugs and narcissus bulb fly ( " Merodon equestris " ).
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"Our people are engaged in bio-control, by breeding wasps and the lady bug to help them attack the mealy bug, " said Blake.
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It is also recommended that the cordon be planted with a CSSV-resistant crop to provide a physical barrier to the mealy bug vectors.
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Two international organizations are joining local efforts to help eradicate the destructive mealy bug which is ravaging crops in the southeastern Caribbean region.
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Their main enemies are sucking bugs, members of the suborder Auchenorrhyncha such as the mealy bug ( " Pseudococcus " ) and similar insects.
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World Finest Chocolates, a U . S . company, stopped buying from Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago, another island affected by the mealy bug.
