SATI Beyond The Bunch 4th Quarter 2025

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SATI has Afrikaans information sheets on mealy bugs and ants. For a discussion of biocontrol more generally, refer to this article based on Dr Gulu Bekker’s presentation at the 2025 SATI Table Talk event.

Articles and dissertations:

l Walton VM and Pringle KL. 2001. Effects of pesticides and fungicides used on grapevines on the mealybug predatory beetle Nephus boschianus (Coccinellidae, Scymnini). South African Journal for Enology and Viticulture 22(2) pp107–110. l Walton VM. 2003. Development of an integrated pest management system for vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Signoret), in vineyards in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. PhD dissertation. Stellenbosch University. l Walton VM, Daane KM and Pringle KL. 2004. Monitoring Planococcus ficus in South African vineyards with sex pheromone-baited traps. Crop Protection 23(11) pp1089– 1096. l Walton VM and Pringle KL. 2005. Developmental biology of vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Signoret)(Homoptera: Pseudococcidae), and its parasitoid Coccidoxenoides perminutus (Timberlake)(Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). African entomology 13(1) pp143–147.

l Mgocheki N and Addison P. 2009. Incorporating sampling precision into an action threshold for monitoring ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) population levels in vineyards. Crop Protection 28(3) pp257–263. l Mgocheki N and Addison P. 2009. Interference of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with biological control of the vine mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret)(Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Biological Control 49(2) pp180–185. l Mgocheki N and Addison P. 2010. Spatial distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), vine mealybugs and mealybug parasitoids in vineyards. Journal of Applied Entomology 134(4) pp285–295. l Walton VM and Pringle KL. 1999. Effects of pesticides used on table grapes on the mealybug parasitoid Coccidoxenoides peregrinus (Timberlake)(Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). South African Journal for Enology and Viticulture 20(1) pp31–34.

This list isn’t complete. We recognise that other resources may be available.

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