A study was conducted to evaluate efficiency of Mycotal at a concentration 1.2 x 107 spores / ml and Trichoderma harzianum concentrations 1.5 106 on nymphs adults the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci under field conditions eggplant, Solanum melongena. The results revealed that Mycotal, active substance is fungus Lecanicillium muscarium, showed highest average relative in killing treatment, which amount...

Seven insecticides, viz. Megamos 20SL, Actara 25WG, Polo 500SC, Sitara 25WP, Nighaban 20EC, Thiodan 35EC and Confidor 200SL were evaluated at their field recommended doses for their efficacy against whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Genn.) on cotton, at the farmer’s field in Dera Ghazi Khan during 2007. The insecticides were applied at ETL’s of whitefly. All the test insecticides caused significant mort...

cotton whitefly, bemisia tabaci gennadius (homoptera: aleyrodidae) is one of the most seriously damaging insect pests of agricultural products worldwide. it is highly polyphagous, damaging a broad range of food as well as non-food crops through direct feeding, excretion of honeydew and transmission of over 100 plant viruses. in iran, growers usually use insecticides as the main control agent of...

A critical feeding period is the time after which 50% of a given species of insect can be removed from its food source and complete development by undergoing adult eclosion. The critical feeding period was determined for the greenhouse white fly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, and the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Biotype B) (Homptera/Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Fourth (last) instar and phara...