Journal of Insect Science (2008) 8 (4), p. 2 (Abd-Rabou)
S. Abd-Rabou (2008)
Host plants, geographical distribution and natural enemies of the sycamore whitefly, Bemisia afer (Priesner and Hosny), a new economic pest in Egypt
Journal of Insect Science 8 (4), 2-2
in P. A. Stansly and C.L. McKenzie, organizers: Fourth International Bemisia Workshop - International Whitefly Genomics Workshop, December 3-8, 2006, Duck Key, Florida, USA
Abstract: Recently, the sycamore whitefly, Bemisia afer (Priesner and Hosny) has become a new economic pest and it attacks different economic plants in Egypt. The present work deals with host plants, geographical distribution and natural enemies of this pest. The results indicated that this species attacked 18 host plants distributed in 34 locations in Egypt. It was associated with 4 parasitoids [namely: Encarsia inaron (Walker), Encarsia lutea (Masi), Eretmocerus sp. and Eretmocerus aegypticus Evans and Abd-Rabou (Hymenoptera : Aphelinidae)] and 6 predators [namely: Campylomma nicolasi (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae), Chrysopa carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), Coccinella septempunctata (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Coccinella undecimpunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Orius sp. (Hemiptera Anthocoridae) and Geocoris sp. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)]. During this work, cotton (Gossypium barbadense) was recorded as a new host plant of economic importance attacked by B. afer and E. aegypticus as a promising natural enemy for controlling this pest in Egypt.
Database assignments for author(s): Shaaban Abd-Rabou
Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
general biology - morphology - evolution
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
surveys/distribution/isolation
