Whitefly Management Guide for Horticultural Crops
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- Date of Publication
- August 5, 2024
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Overview
Publication Information
Whiteflies are a pest of many horticultural crops. Learn about the major pest species of whiteflies, how to identify them, their life cycles, their damage to host plants, and the different types of controls in an integrated pest management program.
Who is this for?
- Texas horticultural crop growers want to control whiteflies
What will you learn?
- How to identify whiteflies
- Whitefly life cycles and how they damage host plants
- Different control methods for whiteflies in an integrated pest management program
Publication Outline
Identification and Biology
Information is given on how to identify pest whiteflies, whitefly biology, and whitefly damage to host plants.
Integrated Pest Management
Details are given on different control tactics for an integrated pest management program for controlling whiteflies.
Chemical Control Products
A few tables of chemical control products for use in controlling whiteflies are given, including both conventional and more natural products.
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