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    Molluscs are soft-bodied invertebrates that include snails and slugs. While many molluscs live in water, land molluscs like snails can be agricultural pests. The Golden Apple Snail is an invasive pest in many parts of the world. It has a high reproduction rate and can adapt to harsh conditions, outcompete native species, and invade diverse habitats. Its life cycle and control methods using molluscicides like metaldehyde and methiocarb are described.

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    Molluscs are soft-bodied invertebrates that include snails and slugs. While many molluscs live in water, land molluscs like snails can be agricultural pests. The Golden Apple Snail is an invasive pest in many parts of the world. It has a high reproduction rate and can adapt to harsh conditions, outcompete native species, and invade diverse habitats. Its life cycle and control methods using molluscicides like metaldehyde and methiocarb are described.

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    Molluscs are soft-bodied invertebrates that include snails and slugs. While many molluscs live in water, land molluscs like snails can be agricultural pests. The Golden Apple Snail is an invasive pest in many parts of the world. It has a high reproduction rate and can adapt to harsh conditions, outcompete native species, and invade diverse habitats. Its life cycle and control methods using molluscicides like metaldehyde and methiocarb are described.

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    Molluscs are soft-bodied invertebrates that include snails and slugs. While many molluscs live in water, land molluscs like snails can be agricultural pests. The Golden Apple Snail is an invasive pest in many parts of the world. It has a high reproduction rate and can adapt to harsh conditions, outcompete native species, and invade diverse habitats. Its life cycle and control methods using molluscicides like metaldehyde and methiocarb are described.

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    MOLLUSCS AND SNAILS

    MOLLUSCS (SNAILS AND SLUGS)


     Are animals without backbone having a soft,
    unsegmented body
     Snails have a well-developed shell while slugs
    have rudimentary shell often enclosed in a
    visceral hump
     Many molluscs are marine species but the
    class Gastropoda contains terrestrial species,
    some of which are pests of agricultural
    importance _ like GAS
    GAS OR GOLDEN APPLE SNAIL
    Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck)
     Symptoms
     Missing seedlings
     Floating cut leaves
     Cut stems
     Decreased plant stand
     Sparse or uneven stand
     Confirmation: presence of egg mass and the
    organism, and also the symptoms above
    •Head has two pairs of
    retractable tentacles
    •The posterior tentacles are
    fitted with eyes at the tips
    •Slit-like mouth is
    positioned just below the
    frontal pair of tentacles
    and contains a horny,
    rasping tongue, called
    RADULA.
    •They have elongated legs
    called poda
    •Molluscs are
    Y
    hermaphrodites, each
    having both male and
    female reproductive
    organs
    GOLDEN APPLE SNAIL
     Scientific Name: Pomacea canaliculata Lamarck
     Family Ampulariidae
     Order Gastropoda
     Other common names: golden miracle snail,
    jumbo snail, Argentinean apple snail, channelled
    apple snail, mystery snail, South American apple
    snail
     World’s Worst 100 Invasive Species
    INVASIVENESS OF GAS
     A high reproductive rate
     Adaptability to harsh environmental conditions
     A wide host range
     A voracious habitat
     An ability to compete with the native snail
    species
     An ability to invade diverse habitats through
    multiple pathways
    GAS
    Life
    Cycle
    BEST KNOWN MOLLUSCICIDES
    METHYLDEHYDE METHIOCARB

     Draws fluid from the body  Effect or control results


    of a snail by contact action primarily from poisoning
    and thus disturbs its fluid  An added advantage is that
    balance by dehydration. it retains its effectiveness at
     The animal protects itself lower temperatures better
    against such by secreting than metaldehyde
    slime (recovery is possible)  In the granular formulation,
    the ai has been mixed with
    baiting material; bait action
    is limited
    E.G. OF MOLLUSCICIDES

    Common name Trade names

    Metaldehyde Slugan, Sluggex, Snail Away,


    Antimilace, Medadol

    Methiocarb Mesurol
    Fentin Acetate Brestan, Hoe 2824, Suzu
    Fentin Chloride Hoe 2872, Tinmate
    Fentin Hydroxide Aquatin, Du-Ter, Suzu H
    Niclosamide Telustan, Bayluscide

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