In the Sahara Desert, due to drought and salinity and poor soil fertility, very limited crop choice is available for the farmers to grow crops. Quinoa ( Willd.) has shown promising under such conditions in the South of Morocco, a true representative site of Sahara Desert.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough natural enemies play an important role in most integrated pest management programs, biological control agents remain poorly adopted in food production systems primarily due to the high costs associated with their implementation. Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Mulsant, 1853) is a very promising candidate for the biological control of mealybugs. However, mass rearing of this predator is critical to provide sufficient numbers so that effective control of mealybugs can be achieved.
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