Antifeedant activity of botanical crude extracts and their fractions on Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) adults: II. Sechium pittieri (Cucurbitaceae)

Bemisia tabaci is a key pest of vegetables and other crops worldwide, but it is a particularly serious problem in the tropics, due to its ability to transmit several types of viruses, especially begomoviruses (Geminiviridae). Therefore, a preventive approach to deal with viral epidemics may be the d...

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Published in:	Revista de Biología Tropical
Main Authors:	Guillermo Flores, Luko Hilje, Gerardo A Mora, Manuel Carballo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad de Costa Rica 2008-12-01
Subjects:	Bemisia tabaci extractos vegetales wild "tacaco" Sechium pittieri fagodisuasión plant extracts phagodeterrence
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442008000400040