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Natural enemies of the South American moth, Tuta absoluta, in Europe, North Africa and Middle East, and their potential use in pest control strategies

The South American tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is an invasive Neotropical pest. After its first detection in Europe, it rapidly invaded more than 30 Western Palaearctic cou...

Lucia Zappalà, Antonio Biondi, Alberto Alma… in Journal of Pest Science (2013)

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Management of Bemisia tabaci Whiteflies

This review presents and discusses the merits of the methodologies ­available for implementing integrated pest management (IPM) of B. tabaci populations: namely, chemical control with selective insecticides, biol...

A. Rami Horowitz, Yehezkel Antignus… in The Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: A… (2011)

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Natural Enemies of Bemisia tabaci: Predators and Parasitoids

Arthropod parasitoids and predators are ubiquitous and operate continuously on all life stages of the whitefly, functioning as control factors in the process. The goal of biological control is to better exploi...

Judit Arnó, Rosa Gabarra, Tong-**an Liu… in Bemisia: Bionomics and Management of a Glo… (2010)

Reference Work Entry In depth

Sweetpotato and Silverleaf Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Dan Gerling in Encyclopedia of Entomology (2008)

Reference Work Entry In depth

Sweetpotato and Silverleaf Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Dan Gerling in Encyclopedia of Entomology (2005)

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Oviposition mechanisms in the whitefly parasitoids Encarsia transvena and Eretmocerus mundus

The ovipositors of two whitefly parasitoids, Encarsia transvena and Eretmocerus mundus were examined using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. That of Encarsia is straight, has an apparently hard an...

Dan Gerling, Donald L. J. Quicke, Tammar Orion in BioControl (1998)

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Abstracts of Papers Presented at The International Workshop onBemisia Spp.

Thomas M. Perring, D. R. Nelson, J. S. Buckner, D. R. Frohlich… in Phytoparasitica (1994)

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Arrestment responses ofEretmocerus species andEncarsia deserti (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) toBemisia tabaci honeydew

The responses of Eretmocerussp. and Encarsia deserti(Gerling & Rivnay), parasitoids of Bemisia tabaci(Gennadius) to host secretions were investigated. Upon contact with honeydew excreted from the host, the paras...

Orit Shimron, Abraham Hefetz, Dan Gerling in Journal of Insect Behavior (1992)

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Spatial and Temporal Genetic Variation in Populations of the Whitefly Bemisia Tabaci (Genn.) in Israel and Colombia: An Interim Report

Intensive investigations of genetic variation within and among populations of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, are under way in Israel and in Colombia. A polymorphic esterase (EST), which seems to be controlled by a...

David Wool, Dan Gerling, Anthony Bellotti… in International Journal of Tropical Insect S… (1991)

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A new species ofEncarsia [Hym.: Aphelinidae] parasitizingBemisia tabaci[Hom.: Aleyrodidae]

Encarsia deserti n.sp., a parasite ofBemisia tabaci Gennadius is described. It resemblesE. formosa Gahan, but has a light brown head and thorax, is smaller, and is biparental. This species was found in Southern ...

Dan Gerling, Tova Rivnay in Entomophaga (1984)

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Biology and mating behavior of Xylocopa virginica L. (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae)

The biology and behavior of Xylocopa virginica L. were followed in the area of Athens, Georgia (USA) from August 1973 until September 1974. Several nests were X-rayed regularly during the developmental period of ...

Dan Gerling, Henry R. Hermann in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (1978)