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1 April 2007 Effects of Azadirachtin, Abamectin, and Spinosad on Sweetpotato Whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on Tomato Plants Under Laboratory and Greenhouse Conditions in the Humid Tropics
Prabhat Kumar, H-M. Poehling
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Direct and residual toxicity of NeemAzal-T/S (azadirachtin), Success (spinosad), and abamectin was tested against different life stages of sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), under air-conditioned laboratory conditions and in a tropical net greenhouse. NeemAzal-T/S and abamectin deterred the settling of adults on tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill (Solanaceae), plants and consequently reduced egg deposition. No such effect was detected for Success. All three pesticides influenced egg hatch. Effects of NeemAzal-T/S were significantly altered if applied to different-aged eggs (1, 3, and 5 d old). In contrast, abamectin-treated eggs failed to hatch at any given age class. All three products caused heavy mortality of the three nymphal stages of B. tabaci, with the first instars being most susceptible. abamectin-treated nymphs died within 24 h postapplication. In contrast, 100% nymphal mortality with NeemAzal-T/S and Success was reached 6–9 d postapplication. abamectin caused 100% immature mortality at all residue ages (1, 5, 10, and 15 d) in the laboratory and greenhouse as well. Persistence of Success was comparably high in the laboratory, but in the greenhouse a faster decline of activity was evident by increased egg deposition, egg hatch, and reduced rates of immature mortality. Toxicity of NeemAzal-T/S however gradually declined under greenhouse conditions with time (5 d) postapplication. The findings are discussed within the context of integrated management of whitefly under protected cultivation in the humid tropics.

Prabhat Kumar and H-M. Poehling "Effects of Azadirachtin, Abamectin, and Spinosad on Sweetpotato Whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on Tomato Plants Under Laboratory and Greenhouse Conditions in the Humid Tropics," Journal of Economic Entomology 100(2), 411-420, (1 April 2007). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[411:EOAAAS]2.0.CO;2
Received: 19 January 2006; Accepted: 28 November 2006; Published: 1 April 2007
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KEYWORDS
abamectin
azadirachtin
Bemisia tabaci
persistence
spinosad
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