Combining reflective mulch and host plant resistance for sweetpotato whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) management in watermelon

Crop Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 898-902

  Simmons, Alvin M ^a   Kousik, Chandrasekar S ^a   Levi, Amnon ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; Host plant resistance; Reflective mulch; Sweetpotato whitefly; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CULTIVAR; GENOTYPE; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITE INFESTATION; PEST CONTROL; VINE; WHITEFLY;

EID: 77954817930     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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