Predatory beetle may suppress silverleaf whitefly
| Autor: | Kevin M. Heinz, James R. Brazzle, Charles H. Pickett, Eric Natwick, Judy M. Nelson, Michael Parrella |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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| Zdroj: | California Agriculture, Vol 48, Iss 2, Pp 35-40 (1994) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0008-0845 2160-8091 |
| DOI: | 10.3733/ca.v048n02p35 |
| Popis: | The coccinellid beetle, Delphastus pusillus, may be able to suppress the silverleaf (or strain B sweetpotato) whitefly that has infested California agriculture. Life history characteristics of this predatoi indicate that it is most effective as a biological control agent at high whitefly densities. D. pusillus releases in Imperial Valley cotton trials reduced immature whitefly densities to one-third of the densities found in cotton plots receiving no releases. |
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