Plant defense traits such as trichomes along with biocontrol agents may provide alternatives to insecticide use in tomatoes, Solanum lycopersicum L. (Solanaceae). However, plant-herbivore-natural enemy interactions are not always complementary. In a series of greenhouse and field experiments, we explored whether augmented (i.e., production acylsugars) tomato plants could reduce sweet potato whi...

Jati merupakan salah satu tanaman yang banyak dijumpai di Indonesia. Daun jati memiliki komponen lignin, selulosa, dan hemiselulosa dapat diurai menjadi fenol asam dalam bentuk cairan, disebut asap cair, dengan proses pirolisis bermanfaat sebagai pestisida nabati. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk membuat cair limbah daun kering metode pirolisis, mencari temperatur waktu relatif baik memp...

Aleuropositus Dubey gen. n., Australeurodes Dubey gen. n. and Septemaleurodes Dubey gen. n. are proposed with their respective type species as A. sinus Dubey sp. n. from India, D. operculobata Martin & Carver from Australia, and D. swainei Martin from Australia. A. sinus sp. n. is described from Kerala, India, illustrated with line drawings, microphotographs and SEM images. The puparia are asym...

A viruses and silverleaf whitefly can completely devastate cantaloupe crops, causing serious economic losses to growers. The California Melon Research Advisory Board (2003) lists the management and control of aphid-borne viruses and whitefly as a top pest-management research priority. At the UC Kearney Research and Extension Center (KREC), we studied the use of reflective plastic mulch and stra...