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Rapid diagnosis of the invasive wax scale, Ceroplastes rusci Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) using nested PCR
2015-05-01
Abstract excerpt
The fig wax scale, Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae), is an invasive fruit pest of Afrotropical origin and potentially could become a serious threat to commercial fruit crops in China. C. rusci is difficult to identify owing to the shortage of easily distinguishable morphological characters. A rapid, accurate and reliable method to identify C. rusci in quarantine work is needed to detec...
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- Literature Corpus work
- af9881f9-bf2a-5314-81b7-eacd91efa9ed
- DOI
- 10.1111/jen.12155
