How to Start with a Clean Crop: Biopesticide Dips Reduce Populations of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on Greenhouse Poinsettia Propagative Cuttings

How to Start with a Clean Crop: Biopesticide Dips Reduce Populations of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on Greenhouse Poinsettia Propagative Cuttings

(1) Global movement of propagative plant material is a major pathway for introduction of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) into poinsettia greenhouses. Starting a poinsettia crop with high pest numbers disrupts otherwise successful biological control programs and widespread resistance of B. ta...

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Main Authors: Rosemarije Buitenhuis, Michael Brownbridge, Angela Brommit, Taro Saito, Graeme Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
greenhouse
integrated pest management
biopesticides
Bemisia whitefly
poinsettia cuttings
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/7/4/48

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