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Whitefly Management Guide for Horticultural Crops

Type
Publication
Date of Publication
August 5, 2024
Price
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Overview

Download the Whitefly Management Guide factsheet and learn how to control whitelfies on horticultural crops using an integrated pest management program.

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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