Cotton white fly-India: Bemisia tabaci; Pandhari Mashi
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Prevention
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Avoid cultivation of alternate host crops like okra, brinjal etc.
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Adopting crop rotation with non-preferred hosts such as sorghum, ragi, maize etc.
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Removal and destruction of alternate weed hosts viz., Abutilon indicum, Chrozophore rottlari, Solanum nigrum and Hibiscus ficulensus from the fields and neighboring areas and maintaining field sanitation.
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Timely sowing i.e. first week of June up to fourth week of June.
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Late sowing may be avoided and the crop growth should not be extended beyond its normal duration.
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Collection and removal of whitefly infested leaves.
Monitoring
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More than 10 white fly observed on the middle portion of the plant on >50% of plants (two out of four plants).
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Monitor blackening of leaves due to sooty mold development caused by honeydew secretions by white fly adults and immatures.
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Blackening of leaves indicates higher level of infestation.
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Flight of adult producing the sooty appearance when the plant is shaken.
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Monitoring the activities of the adult white flies by setting up yellow sticky trap @ 5 /acre at a height of 1 ft above the plant canopy.
Direct Control
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Application of any one of the following sprays:
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Neem seed kernel extract 5% (50 ml/L of water) and neem oil @ 3% 30 ml/L of water).
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Fish oil rosin soap 25 g/L of water.
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5% Notchi leaves extract 5% Catharanthus rosea extract
Restrictions
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Use of personal protective equipment (PPEs) such as Hand gloves, mask, goggles and keeping antidotes are mandatory by the spray applicators. Care should be taken to avoid the repeated spraying of the same chemicals more than two times.
Direct Control
Acetamiprid 20% SP 100 g/hectare, Azadirachtin 0.15% 500-1000 ml/hectare, Buprofezin 25% SC 1000 ml/hectare or Clothianidin 50% WDG 40- 50 g/ hectare. Diafenthiuron 50%WP 600g/ hectare. Fipronil 5%SC 250-340 ml/ hectare. Imidacloprid 17.8% SL 100 -125 ml/hectare. Thiacloprid 21.7% SC 500-600 ml/ hectare. Thiamethoxam 25%WG 100 g/ hectare
Buprofezin, Fipronil, Imidacloprid, Thiacloprid, Acetamiprid WHO Class II Moderately Hazardous. Diafenthiuron, Thiamethoxam WHO Class III. Azadirachtin, not classified by WHO
Indexing Terms
Descriptors
- acetamiprid
- arthropod pests
- aubergines
- azadirachtin
- botanical insecticides
- buprofezin
- chemical control
- clothianidin
- control
- cotton
- cultural control
- diafenthiuron
- extension
- extracts
- fipronil
- imidacloprid
- insect control
- insect pests
- insecticides
- monitoring
- neem seed extract
- nicotinoid insecticides
- okras
- pest control
- pest management
- pesticides
- pests
- plant extracts
- plant oils
- plant pests
- rotations
- soaps
- sowing
- sowing date
- sticky traps
- thiacloprid
- thiamethoxam
- traps
- weed control
- weeds
- wild relatives
- yellow sticky traps
Organism Descriptors
Identifiers
- bhindi
- black nightshade
- Chrozophore rottlari
- cotton white fly
- cotton whitefly
- eggplants
- Hibiscus ficulensus
- Hibiscus ficulneus
- Pandhari Mashi
- pest arthropods
- pest insects
- pest management decision guides
- Solanum nigrum
- tobacco whitefly
- neem
- ladies fingers
- neonicotinoids
- neonics
- brinjal
- advisory services
- extension activities
- vegetable oils
- crop rotation
- rotational cropping
- seed sowing
Geographical Location
Broader Terms
- Malvaceae
- Malvales
- eudicots
- angiosperms
- Spermatophyta
- plants
- eukaryotes
- Abelmoschus
- Abutilon
- invertebrates
- animals
- Azadirachta
- Meliaceae
- Sapindales
- Aleyrodidae
- Aleyrodoidea
- Sternorrhyncha
- Hemiptera
- insects
- Hexapoda
- arthropods
- Bemisia
- Euphorbiaceae
- Malpighiales
- Chrozophora
- Solanaceae
- Solanales
- Solanum
- Commonwealth of Nations
- lower-middle income countries
- medium Human Development Index countries
- South Asia
- Asia
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Applicable geographic locations
Asia, India
Copyright
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History
Issue publication date: 1 January 2016
Published online: 3 November 2016
Language
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