[EN] Intracellular bacterial supply of essential amino acids is common among sap-feeding
insects, thus complementing the scarcity of nitrogenous compounds in plant phloem.
This is also the role of the two mealybug ...
[EN] Mating disruption (MD) is a species-specific and environmentally friendly pest management tactic based on the release of synthetic sex pheromones aiming to interrupt the mate-finding communication and prevent mating ...