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Title: WHITEFLY MANAGEMENT IN ARIZONA: CONTRIBUTION OF NATURAL ENEMIES TO WHITEFLY MORTALITY

Author
item Naranjo, Steven
item ELLSWORTH, PETER - U OF A, MARICOPA, AZ
item DIEHL, JONATHON - U OF A, MARICOPA, AZ

Submitted to: University of Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station
Publication Type: Experiment Station
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/30/1998
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Steinernema riobravis Cabanillas, Poinar & Raulston infected pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), larvae over a temperature range of 15.6-38.0 deg C. Temperatures of 32.2 deg C and higher and exposure for 48 h or more often resulted in decreased numbers of nematode killed larvae with living nematodes and increased numbers of dead larvae with dead or no nematodes.