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Biological Control of the Mealybug Vectors of Swollen Shoot Virus of Cacao

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IN view of the results obtained by Boyce and Fawcett1, working with Aspergillus parasiticus Speare as a parasite of Pseudococcus gahani Green and Phenacoccus gossypii T. and C., it was considered worth while to initiate preliminary investigations designed to show whether this fungus would parasitize Pseudococcus njalensis Laing, the chief field vector of swollen shoot virus in the Gold Coast.

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  1. West African Cacao Research Institute, Tafo, Gold Coast Colony

    JOHN NICOL, HAROLD OWEN & A. H. STRICKLAND

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NICOL, J., OWEN, H. & STRICKLAND, A. Biological Control of the Mealybug Vectors of Swollen Shoot Virus of Cacao. Nature 165, 490 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165490a0

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