Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Diseases, pests,... of Hoyas, data collection thread, 0 by PanamonCreel
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PanamonCreel wrote: 1. Name of Problem: Scale Insect 2. Cause of Problem: Parasitic Insect 3. Affected Parts of Plant: Leaves and Stems 4. Type of Damage: stunted growth with heavy infections. secondary bacterial and/or viral and/or fungal infections possible, mold growth due to exuded honeydew 5. Possible major cause:contaminated plant material 6. Recommended treatment: Biological: parasitic insects Chemical non systemic: Malathion, Chemical systemic: Dimethoate (Cygon), Imadocloprid (Bayer advanced) I personally didn't see any Scale insects on Hoyas until now but have heard about it from others. The Pic shows soft scale insects (Coccus hesperidum I think) on an infected Aloe plant that I found in an office at work. Also wanted to put this thread to the top again and see if some more input from others may appear this time around :) |