| tropical whitefly ipm project. | the tropical whitefly ipm project (twfp) is an initiative of the systemwide ipm programme of the consultative group on international agricultural research (cgiar), financed by the department for international development (dfid) of the united kingdom, the danish international development agency (danida), the united states department of agriculture (usda) and agency for international development (usaid), the australian centre for international agricultural research (aciar), and the new zealand age ... | 2007 | 17222696 |
| a geographic distribution database of the neotropical cassava whitefly complex (hemiptera, aleyrodidae) and their associated parasitoids and hyperparasitoids (hymenoptera). | whiteflies (hemiptera, aleyrodidae) are represented by more than 1,500 herbivorous species around the world. some of them are notorious pests of cassava (manihot esculenta), a primary food crop in the tropics. particularly destructive is a complex of neotropical cassava whiteflies whose distribution remains restricted to their native range. despite their importance, neither their distribution, nor that of their associated parasitoids, is well documented. this paper therefore reports observationa ... | 2015 | 26798295 |
| resistance to the whitefly, aleurotrachelus socialis, in wild populations of cassava, manihot tristis. | the levels of resistance in the wild species of cassava, manihot tristis muell-arg. (malpighiales: euphorbiaceae), to the whitefly, aleurotrachelus socialis bondar (hemiptera: alelyrodidae), the most important economic pest in cassava, manihot esculenta crantz (malpighiales: euphorbiaceae) crops in south america, were estimated under glasshouse conditions. the parameters of the life history of a. socialis were studied on tst-26 and tst-18 accessions of the wild parent and compared with the susce ... | 2010 | 21062208 |