Pest Gallery

Sunflower/PESTS

WHITEFLY

LIFE CYCLE

TECHNICAL NAME

Bemisia tabaci

COMMON NAME

سفید مکھی

CROP

SUNFLOWER

Whitefly is a serious pest of cotton that lowers yield by feeding on the underside of the leaf and spreading diseases like Cotton Leaf Curl Virus. Whiteflies feed on the sap of the leaves and release a fluid on to the leaves on which a black fungus grows. This affects photosynthesis, the food making process of the plant, and so lowers the strength of the plant.

WHITEFLY

ETL

TECHNICAL NAME

Bemisia tabaci

COMMON NAME

سفید مکھی

CROP

SUNFLOWER

ETL: 5 per Leaf

WHITEFLY

Damage

TECHNICAL NAME

Bemisia tabaci

COMMON NAME

سفید مکھی

CROP

SUNFLOWER

Whitefly cause damage to cotton plants in two ways, firstly by sucking the sap and secondly by excreting honey dew on which sooty mould grows. Damage from direct feeding reduces the photosynthesis activities of the plant and hence the yield. Indirect damage results from lint contamination with honey dew and associated fungi and through transmission of leaf curl virus disease. Late season severity affects seed development and lint quality.

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