Bemisia tabaci

Cuthbertson AGS, Walters KFA, Northing P, Luo W. Efficacy of the entomopathogenic nematode, Steinemema feltiae, against sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera Aleyrodidae) under laboratory and glasshouse conditions. Bull Ent Res. 2007 97 9-14. 

Cultivars of Cucumis melo L. can be attacked by Didymella bryoniae Auersew, which can cause considerable losses, because fruits attacked by this organism do not have commercial value anymore. Mosquitoes, mainly Bemisia tabaci, also attack melon cultivars. Reductions in weight, size, and sugar content are evident consequences of mosquitoes attack. Diaphania nitidalis attacks flowers and fruits, whereas Diaphania hyalinata generally attacks the leaves of the melon tree. 

Insecticides Vetch aphid (Megoura viciae) bollworm (Helicoverpa zea) army worm (Spodoptera littoralis) diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) mustard beetle (Phaedon cochleariae) corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) whitefly Bemisia tabaci) red spider mite (Tetranychus urticae). 

Bedford, I. D., Markham, P. G., Brown, J. K., and Rosell, R. C., 1994. Geminivirus transmission and biological characterization of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) biotypes from different geographic regions. Ann. Appl. Biol. 125, 311-325. 

Devine, G. J. and Denholm, I., 1998. An unconventional use of piperonyl butoxide for managing the cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera Aleyrodidae). Bull. Ent. Res. 88, 601-610. 

Gerling, D., 1996. Status of Bemisia tabaci in the Mediterranean countries opportunities for biological control. Biological Control 6,11-22. 

Roditakis, E., Tsagkarakou, A., and Vontas, J., Identification of mutations in the para sodium channel of Bemisia tabaci from Crete, associated with resistance to pyrethroids, Pestic. Biochem. Physiol., 85,161, 2006. 

Potential of Piperonyl Butoxide for the Management of the Cotton Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci... 

Plutella xylostella) (Bemisia tabaci) (Myzus persicae) (Liriomyza trifolii) (Heliothis virescens) (H. armigera)... 

Bemisia tabaci, is a classic example of such resistance, which at times is accompanied by massive population explosions. 

These research programmes involve the housefly, Musca domestica, and the tobacco whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. Both are based in the laboratory in the firm belief that for these and many other pests, much of the data needed for such descriptive modelling can be collected more quickly and with greater precision under laboratory conditions than in the field. There is, however, a very important proviso to this statement, since for laboratory experiments to be of direct practical relevance they must simulate closely both the ecology and control of insects under field conditions (.7). The purpose of this paper is to outline the philosophy and objectives of these two programmes and to highlight some achievements to date. 

The evolution of insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci has enabled this species to rise from a secondary pest to become the most important cotton pest in some areas ( 8). There is now an... 

Detection and management of the newly established Q biotype of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in the USA (T. J. Dennehy, Univ. of Arizona, USA)... 

Mediterranean fruitfly, Ceratitis capitata, 714 Reindeer nostril fly, Cephenomyis trompe, 284 Reindeer warble fly, Oedemagena tarandi, 284 Rodent botfly, Cuterebra sp., 289 Screw-worm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax, 714 Stable fly, Stomoxys spp., 250, 308 White fly, Bemisia tabaci, 303... 

Bemisia tabaci [24, 27] Most active within 24 h after oviposition Treated to 1st to 2nd - No adults eggs do not hatch... 

Fig. 25.2.5. Efficacy of pyriproxyfen on the nymphs of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci on cotton. Arrows application timing of pyriproxyfen (100 g-a.i. ha ) ( ) treated, (o) untreated.

Fig. 25.2.7. Effects of the application timing of pyriproxyfen on the nymphs of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci on cotton. Pyriproxyfen was applied successively three times. First application was made at the time of no. of adults indicated. Arrows application timing of pyriproxyfen (200 g-a.i. ha ) ( ) 50 adults/100 leaves (o) 200 adults/100 leaves (A) 250 adults/100 leaves ( ) untreated.

Aslan, I., Ozbek, H., (Jalma ur, O., and ahin, E. 2004. Toxicity of essential oil vapours to two greenhouse pests, Tetranychu surticae Koch and Bemisia tabaci Genn. Ind. Crop. Prod. 19 167-73. 

Buckner, J.S. Nelson D.R. Mardaus M.C. (1994). The lipid composition of the wax particles from adult whiteflies, Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vol.24, No.lO, (December 1994), pp. 977-987, ISSN 0965-1748... 

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