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How To Prevent Whitefly Infestations It’s not foolproof, but these tips can help reduce the chances you’ll bring home an infestation in the first place: Isolate new houseplants.
The silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci, also informally referred to as the sweet potato whitefly) is one of several species of whitefly that are currently important agricultural pests. [1] A review in 2011 concluded that the silverleaf whitefly is actually a species complex containing at least 40 morphologically indistinguishable species.
Dichlorvos is effective against mushroom flies, aphids, spider mites, caterpillars, thrips, and whiteflies in greenhouses and in outdoor crops. It is also used in the milling and grain handling industries and to treat a variety of parasitic worm infections in animals and humans.
The Aleyrodidae are a family in the suborder Sternorrhyncha and at present comprise the entire superfamily Aleyrodoidea, related to the superfamily Psylloidea.The family often occurs in older literature as "Aleurodidae", [2] but that is a junior synonym and accordingly incorrect in terms of the international standards for zoological nomenclature.
The wasp lays its eggs in young whitefly 'scales', turning them black as the parasite larvae pupate. [25] Gonatocerus ashmeadi ( Hymenoptera : Mymaridae ) has been introduced to control the glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae ) in French Polynesia and has successfully controlled ~95% of the pest density.
Chondrostereum purpureum is a fungal plant pathogen which causes Silver leaf disease of trees. It attacks most species of the rose family Rosaceae, particularly the genus Prunus. The disease is progressive and often fatal. The common name is taken from the progressive silvering of leaves on affected branches.
This virus is transmitted by an insect vector from the family Aleyrodidae and order Hemiptera, the whitefly Bemisia tabaci, commonly known as the silverleaf whitefly or the sweet potato whitefly. The primary host for TYLCV is the tomato plant, and other plant hosts where TYLCV infection has been found include eggplants, potatoes, tobacco, beans ...
As well as controlling greenhouse whitefly and silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci), it feeds on russet mites (Aceria anthocoptes), predatory mites, aphids and the eggs of moths. [8] It causes some damage to green tomato fruits in the absence of sufficient alternative plant sources of food, but does not cause sufficient harm for the ripe fruit ...