Pest risk analysis of a new invasive pest, Phenacoccus solenopsis, to China.

Yanping Wang, Wu San'an, Runzhi Zhang

Kunchong zhishi · 2009 · 74 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley was founded in many sites in Guangzhou city,Guangdong Province on Hibiscus trees on December 16,2008. Based on the Genetic Algorithm for Rule-set Prediction Modeling System (GARP),the potential distribution of P. solenopsis in China was predicted. The result indicated that it could occur in most area of 17 provinces including Hainan,Guangdong,Guangxi,Fujian,Taiwan,Zhejiang,Jiangxi,Hunan,Guizhou,Yunnan,Chongqing,Hubei,Anhui,Shanghai,Jiangsu,Shandong and Henan. And it could also occur in part of the following 11 regions including Xinjiang,Sichuan,Gansu,Ningxia,Shaanxi,Shanxi,Hebei,Beijing,Tianjin,Liaoning and Inner Mongolia. According to the international pest risk analysis method,P. solenopsis is a high risk invasive species to China with risk value 0.886.