UV-absorbing plastic films for the control of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) and tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) in protected cultivations in Sicily (South Italy)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 719, Issue , 2006, Pages 597-604

  Rapisarda, C ^a   Tropea, G ^a   Colombo, A ^b   Cascone, G ^c   Mazzarella, R ^c   Serges, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b O M P di Acireale (Catania)   (Italy)

^c Sezione Costruzioni e Territorio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Physical control; Protected tomato crops; Virus vectors; Whiteflies

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 37849185584     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.719.69     Document Type: Conference Paper

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