Synergising pest deterrence and plant defence induction: a novel integrated pest management system for Trialeurodes vaporariorum on glasshouse grown tomato
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Niall Conboy, Colin Tosh, David Gerogre, Thomas McDaniel, Adam Ormerod, Tony Hooper, Angharad Gatehouse
Pages: 130-132
Abstract: Pre-treatment with methyl salicylate (MeSA) reduces whitefly performance on tomato under glasshouse conditions only initially. A combination of MeSA sprayed plants and slow release bottles of limonene is the most effective at controlling whitefly populations.