Chemical Control of the Sweetpotato Whitefly in Cotton

Various registered and experimental insecticides were evaluated for sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius) control in several field experiments at Yuma, Arizona in 1994. Best controls were obtained with insecticide mixtures, particularly a pyrethroid and an organophosphate, rather than with...

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Main Authors: Watson, T. F., Tellez, M. A., Peña, M.
Other Authors: Silvertooth, Jeff
Language:en_US
Published: College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) 1995
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/210295
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Summary:Various registered and experimental insecticides were evaluated for sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius) control in several field experiments at Yuma, Arizona in 1994. Best controls were obtained with insecticide mixtures, particularly a pyrethroid and an organophosphate, rather than with individual materials. Results of these experiments indicate that severe population densities can be controlled using insecticide combinations, even though sustained use of these insecticides would probably lead quickly to the development of resistance.