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The efficiency of yellow boards and selective insecticides in control of Trialeurodes vaporariorum on tomatoes 1
Author(s) -
NARKIEWICZJODKO J.,
KANIA S.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1992.tb00536.x
Subject(s) - trialeurodes , whitefly , greenhouse whitefly , biology , toxicology , population , horticulture , homoptera , pest analysis , medicine , environmental health
At the Research Institute of Vegetable Crops in Skierniewice, investigations were carried out on the effectiveness of control of Trialeurodes vaporariorum with the new selective insecticides based on insect growth regulators, and with yellow boards covered with glue. Experiments with yellow boards showed that this method can keep whitefly populations at a tolerable level for about 30 days. Good effects with yellow boards were only obtained with low whitefly populations, up to a few adults per leaf. The best result in whitefly control was given by Applaud 25 WP (buprofezin) at the rate of 0.5–1 kg ha −1 of product. One treatment with Applaud 25 WP kept the whitefly population below tolerable levels for about 40 days, and had an effect similar to that of six treatments with the methomyl‐based insecticides.