Mealy bugs - a pest of a different scale
Publication date: 13 July 2015
Fact sheet
This fact sheet for growers addresses the background, description, life cycle, damage, host range, monitoring and management of mealy bugs. It was produced as part of the Hort Innovation Nursery Fund project Plant health biosecurity, risk management and capacity building for the nursery industry (NY11001).
Related project
NY11001
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