Keys Whitefly Control on Coconut Palm, Fla., 1982

A field planting (3 m by 3-m spacing) of heavily infested, 4.5-year-old, 1.5- to 2.5-m tall ‘Malayan Dwarf coconut palms was treated 16 Oct. in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. An RCB design with four replicates was used. Each replicate consisted of one palm. Plants were sprayed to runoff with a 1 gal sprayer. Pre- and posttreatment counts were made of second, third and fourth instars on 10 leaflets per palm.