The prospect for the utilization of biopesticides based on entomopathogenic fungi is promising. The need to develop alternatives to conventional pesticides has become apparent in recent years because ...

The Tamil Nadu Agriculture Department is taking urgent measures to tackle a severe whitefly infestation that has affected 1.9 ...

Coconut trees on 1.48 lakh hectare in 14 districts across Karnataka are affected by whitefly disease, Minister for Industries M. B. Patil informed the Legislative Assembly on March 14. In reply to ...

The Florida Entomologist Vol. 83, No. 4, Dec., 2000 Improved Artificial Feeding System for R... Improved Artificial Feeding System for Rearing the Whitefly Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae ...

During Question Hour, JD(S) Floor Leader C B Suresh Babu, said that a white fly could lay thousands of eggs on a single coconut tree branch, effectively destroying it.

CASR director Senthil Kumar, who is overseeing the project, said there was no concrete solution to the pest problem. Before using drones, farmers were able to apply pesticide on the trees only up ...