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Agriculture · Q365

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 365

Q365

The infested region on bark turns into pink colour and pink colour encrustation on apple fruits are tile characteristic damage symptoms of

A.
Apple wooly aphid (Eriosoma lanigera)
B.
San Jose Scale (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus)
Answer
C.
Apple stem borer (Apriona cinerea)
D.
Leaf webber (Nephoteryx eugraphella)

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The infested region on the bark turns pink colour and pink colour encrustation on apple fruits are tile characteristic damage symptoms of San Jose Scale (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus).
The San Jose scale (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus) is a hemipterous insect in the family of Diaspididae. It is an agricultural pest as it causes damage and crop losses to many fruit crops.
The body of the adult female is yellow and is covered with a rounded dark gray scale up to two millimetres in diameter.
This species is found in both temperate and subtropical climates. It infests about two hundred different species of host plants, mostly deciduous trees and bushes. It is found on the trunks, branches, twigs, leaves and fruits of the plant.