About
  PDF
Full Text
(234 K)

Sweetpotato Whitefly on Cotton in the Southwest U.S.

T.J. Henneberry, D.L. Hendrix and L. Forlow Jech


ABSTRACT

Studies in Arizona cotton have shown that sweetpotato whitefly (SPW), Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) infestations, if uncontrolled, reduce yield, cause cotton lint stickiness and transmit the virus that causes cotton leaf crumple. B. tabaci Biotype B was first recognized in the mid-1980’s and has been shown to be more aggressive, have an expanded host range and higher reproductive potential compared with the previously encountered SPW type A in the U.S.





[Main TOC] | [TOC] | [TOC by Section] | [Search] | [Help]
Previous Page [Previous] [Next] Next Page

Document last modified May 20, 2002