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Genetic diversity of armored scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) and soft scales (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Chile.
Scientific reports - 17 May 2017
Amouroux P, Crochard D, Germain J-F, Correa M, Ampuero J, Groussier G, Kreiter P, Malausa T, Zaviezo T
Abstract excerpt
Scale insects (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) are one of the most invasive and agriculturally damaging insect groups. Their management and the development of new control methods are currently jeopardized by the scarcity of identification data, in particular in regions where no large survey coupling morphological and DNA analyses have been performed. In this study, we sampled 116 populations of armored scales...
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