Electrostatic Insect Sweeper for Eliminating Whiteflies Colonizing Host Plants: A Complementary Pest Control Device in An Electric Field Screen-Guarded Greenhouse

Electrostatic Insect Sweeper for Eliminating Whiteflies Colonizing Host Plants: A Complementary Pest Control Device in An Electric Field Screen-Guarded Greenhouse

Our greenhouse tomatoes have suffered from attacks by viruliferous whiteflies Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) over the last 10 years. The fundamental countermeasure was the application of an electric field screen to the greenhouse windows to prevent their entry. However, while th...

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Main Authors: Yoshihiro Takikawa, Yoshinori Matsuda, Koji Kakutani, Teruo Nonomura, Shin-ichi Kusakari, Kiyotsugu Okada, Junji Kimbara, Kazumi Osamura, Hideyoshi Toyoda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-05-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
TYLCV
greenhouse pests
physical pest control
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/6/2/442

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