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SWEETPOTATO WHITEFLY BEMISIA TABACI (GENNADIUS) (HOMOPTERA: ALEYRODIDAE), A POTENTIAL INSECT PEST IN CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A.B. Broadbent ,
R.G. Foottit  and
G.D. Murphy
A.B. Broadbent
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada, Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada L0R 2E0
R.G. Foottit
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
G.D. Murphy
Affiliation:
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada L0R 2E0
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The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), was accidentally imported into Canada on poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd., cuttings from the United States in 1987 and in 1988. The biology and population dynamics of B. tabaci were reviewed by Butler et al. (1986). It is a worldwide pest of more than 500 plant species in 74 families. Prior to 1986, there was only one report of this insect as a greenhouse pest, on vegetables in Turkey (Lopez-Avila and Cock 1986). Bemisia tabaci was first reported on poinsettia in Florida greenhouses in November 1986 (Price et al. 1987). In 1987, this insect was reported as a pest on field tomatoes in Florida (Schuster and Price 1987).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 121 , Issue 11 , November 1989 , pp. 1027 - 1028
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1989

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