Sweetpotato Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius) Control: Field Studies with Insecticides on Cotton in the Imperial Valley, CA

Abstract

Insecticides and insecticide mixtures were evaluated for sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius) control on cotton in the Imperial Valley, CA in 1992. Seasonal average number of large immatures was 1.6/cm² leaf disk from plots treated with a mixture of Danitol and Orthene as compared to 4. 5/cm² on leaf disks from untreated control plots. Lint yield was 1232 lbs/ac compared to other treatments which ranged from 551 to 976 lbs /ac.