Biological Control of Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Project Manual

摘要

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is charged with protecting American agriculture from exotic plant pests like PHM. APHIS considers PHM a pest of extremely serious quarantine importance that has the potential to expand its geographical distribution to North, Central, and South America. Two units of APHIS, Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), and International Services (IS), are cooperating in a biological control project aimed at controlling PHM in the Caribbean. This project will serve as a model to start a biological control program in the mainland U.S. when PHM arrives. The purpose of this manual is to guide USDA personnel and cooperators in setting up and maintaining these biological control programs.