Yellow sticky traps (YSTs) are a key component of IPM programmes for several greenhouse pests. The development of YST-based decision-making tools, eg sampling protocols and …
In tomato production, both open field and greenhouse, management of whiteflies and the viruses they transmit ranks among the highest priorities of growers. Largely driven by the …
Understanding the population-level processes of any pest insect is central to predicting temporal and spatial changes in abundance and occurrence, as well as in developing …
DP Puthoff, FM Holzer, TM Perring… - Journal of Chemical …, 2010 - Springer
The temporal and spatial expression of tomato wound-and defense-response genes to Bemisia tabaci biotype B (the silverleaf whitefly) and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (the …
Kairomones are semiochemicals that are emitted by an organism and which mediate interspecific interaction that is of benefit to an organism of another species that receives …
PA Stansly, ET Natwick - Bemisia: bionomics and management of a global …, 2010 - Springer
The combined efforts of disparate entities have produced notable advances in management of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) over the decades. On the one hand, entomologists and …
BACKGROUND The thrips Frankliniella schultzei is an important watermelon pest. Nevertheless, economic injury levels and sampling plans for this pest have not yet been …
The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, is considered one of the most important pests for tomato Solanum lycopersicum. The population density of this pest varies throughout the year in …
BACKGROUND In precision integrated pest management, management tactics are implemented only where and when needed, by identifying the sites where the pest …