No chemical control measures are advocated at the moment. The impact of the mealy bug on cassava is reduced by use of clean planting materials, early planting, restricting movement of cuttings from affected areas and biological control
Mankhwala ena aliwonse salimbikitsidwa padakali pano. Kuopsa kwa mealy bug kuchinangwa kumachepetsedwa pogwiritsa ntchito ziduswa zobzala zosagwidwa ndi tizilombo, kubzala mofulimira, kuchepetsa kugawana mbewu kuchokera dera lomwe kuli tizilomboti komanso kugwiritsa ntchito njira zachilengedwe