What is in this article?:
- Arizona Veg IPM: Bagrada bug, plant disease inhibitors, Kerb herbicide, whitefly sampling
- Chemicals as plant disease inhibitors
- Kerb SC and Kerb 50WP
- Sampling adult whiteflies with a vacuum
- Bagrada bug adult numbers have been relatively light on early broccoli plantings and cauliflower/cabbage transplanted fields in the Yuma and Dome valleys in southwestern Arizona;
- Bagrada bug numbers could increase this fall;
- Chemicals are indispensible tools to minimize crop losses due to plant diseases;
- Kerb herbicide is now available in Arizona and California as a liquid suspension concentrate.
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Bagrada bugs - photo by John Palumbo.
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Sampling adult whiteflies with a vacuum
Sampling adult whiteflies with a vacuum
By Marco Peña, UA research specialist
We have talked in past issues of the Arizona Veg IPM Update about sampling adult whiteflies with a vacuum cleaner. This method is used in chemical efficacy experiments by John Palumbo.
To watch a video describing this procedure, click on this link: Adult Whitefly Sampling with Vacuum.
