PRODUCTION GUIDELINES: GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY MANAGEMENT PAGE 4 PRODUCTION GUIDELINES Commission 01-06, Watsonville, CA. GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY MANAGEMENT Bi, J. L., N. C. Toscano, and G. R. Ballmer. 2001. Seasonal population dynamics of the greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum in Oxnard area. The Pink Sheet, California Strawberry Commission NICK TOSCANO, FRANK ZALOM & JIAN BI 01-12, Watsonville, CA. Issue 2 February 2007 Bi, J. L., N. C. Toscano, and G. R. Ballmer. 2002a. Greenhouse and field evaluation of six novel insecti- cides against the greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum on strawberries. Crop Prot. 21:49-55. Greenhouse Whitefly Management The greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, is an important pest of Bi, J. L., N. C. Toscano, and G. R. Ballmer. 2002b. Field evaluations of novel chloronicotinyls and novel strawberries in the coastal areas of insect growth regulators against the greenhouse whitefly on strawberry. HortScience. 37:914-918. California. The greatest problem with greenhouse whiteflies occurs in the Contact Information Oxnard/Ventura area, but damaging den- Nick Toscano Frank Zalom Jian Bi sities of this pest can be found elsewhere Department of Entomology Department of Entomology Dept. of Entomology in southern California and in the University of California, Riverside University of California, Davis University of California, Riverside Watsonville/Salinas area. E-mail:
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[email protected] Ph: 951.827.5826 Ph: 530.752.3687 Ph: 951.827.3725 Identification Whitefly adults are about 1/10 inch in length, with four membranous wings that are coated with white powdery wax. The eggs are elongated, vary in color from a pale yellowish green to brown, smooth elongated and attached to the leaf surface by a short pedicel.