| Common Species: | |
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Bemisia tabaci - silverleaf whitefly |
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Trialeurodes vaporariorum - greenhouse whitefly |
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Aleyrodes proletella - cabbage whitefly |
| Damaging stage: | |
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Adults and nymphs |
| Crops Affected: | |
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Cucurbits, solanaceous, legumes, brassicas, cotton, tobacco |
| Characteristic Damage: | |
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Feeding causes yellowing of the leaves. |
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Infested pumpkin plants show silvering of leaves. |
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Vector of begomovirus (SLCV, ToLCV)) |
| Management and Control: | |
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Monitor the area regularly. |
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Use yellow sticky traps. |
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Remove weeds and volunteer plants that may serve as alternate hosts. |
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Use of insecticidal soaps or oils such as neem oil to reduce population. |
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Apply insecticides such as imidacloprid, diazinon or cartap hydrochloride, azadirachtin, dinotefuran, acetamiprid, spinosad, pymetrozine when necessary. |
| References: | |
| http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7401.html | |
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitefly | |
| http://www.almanac.com/content/whiteflies | |
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