Biological control: A major component of the pest management program for the invasive coconut scale insect, Aspidiotus rigidus Reyne, in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Almarinez, Billy Joel M., Barrion, Alberto T., Navasero, Mario V., Navasero, Marcela M., Cayabyab, Bonifacio F., Carandang, Jose Santos R., VI, Legaspi, Jesusa C., Watanabe, Kozo, Amalin, Divina M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2020
• Subjects: Coconut—Diseases and pests—Biological control—Philippines; Aspidiotus—Philippines; Diaspididae—Philippines; Diaspididae—Host plants—Philippines; Biology; Entomology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11261
• Institution: De La Salle University

The coconut scale insect, Aspidiotus rigidus Reyne, caused a major pest outbreak in coconut plantations and stands in the Southern Tagalog region of Luzon Island in the Philippines between 2010 and 2015. To determine if parasitism by Comperiella calauanica Barrion, Almarinez and Amalin, a native enc...