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IDENTIFICATION OF SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY, BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII BELLOWS AND PERRING (HOMOPTERA: ALEYRODIDAE), IN NOVA SCOTIA GREENHOUSES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. Christopher Bergh ,
Thomas M. Perring  and
Jean-Pierre R. Le Blanc
J. Christopher Bergh
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3
Thomas M. Perring
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA 92521
Jean-Pierre R. Le Blanc*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3
*
2 Author to whom reprint requests should be addressed.
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In 1991, a whitefly infestation of unprecedented severity resulted in serious losses of a wide range of food and fiber crops across the southern United States (Perring et al. 1991). Initial indications were that the outbreak consisted of the “type B” or poinsettia strain of the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). In Canada, B. tabaci was first collected from greenhouse poinsettias in 1988 (Broadbent et al. 1989) and was subsequently found in 18 of 3 1 Ontario greenhouses sampled.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 127 , Issue 1 , February 1995 , pp. 141 - 142
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1995

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