Whiteflies
| Contributor: | Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries |
| Date Compiled: | 2025 |
Prevention
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Avoid overlap with tomato plant cultivation
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Crop rotations
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In advanced crops with a lot of whitefly infestation, remove old leaves
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Establish biodiversity reservoir plants such as Calendula officinalis
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Monitoring
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Threshold: When the average of 1 adult whitefly per plant is reached in 30 plants in the lateral area, it will be necessary to start Macrolophus pygmaeus introductions
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Control
Regulations surrounding chemical products can change rapidly – always verify chemicals recommended here with the most recent legislation and lists of products registered for your country
| Solution | Product Category | Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale) | Max nb. of a. i. application/year | Application Details and Notes (commercial product example) | Chemical Group | IRAC Code |
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Pyriproxyfen
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Synthetic insecticide
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Treat at the first appearance of parasites. Suspend treatments 3 days before harvest
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3
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(ENIFUL) Dosage: 0,5-1,125 l/ha
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Oxypyridines
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7C
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Regulations surrounding biological products can change rapidly – always verify products recommended here with the most recent legislation and lists of products registered for your country
| Solution | Product Category | Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale) | Max nb. of a. i. application/year | Application Details and Notes (commercial product example) |
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Safeguard natural populations of predatory mirids (Macrolophus pygmaeus)
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Beauveria bassiana strain PPRI 5339
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Microbiological insecticide
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BBCH 11-89
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(VELIFER® ) Dosage: 1,25 l/ha
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Beauveria bassiana strain ATCC 74040
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Microbiological insecticide
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3 - 5
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(NATURALIS® ) Dosage: 0,75 - 1 l/ha
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Beauveria bassiana strain GHA
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Microbiological insecticide
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BBCH 10 - 85
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6
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(BOTANIGARD ® ) Dosage: 125 ml/Hl
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Macrolophus pygmaeus
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Predator
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Metarhizium brunnneum strain MA43
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Microbiological insecticide
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6 - 10
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(LALGUARD M52 OD® ) Dosage: 1,25 l/ha
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Paecilomyces fumosoroseus strain FE 9901
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Microbiological insecticide
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BBCH 10 - 99
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1 - 4
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(FUTURECO NOFLY WP® ) Dosage: 200 - 250 g/Hl. (NOFLY® ) Dosage: 125 - 250 ml/Hl
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The information made available here has been obtained from or is based upon sources believed by CABI to be reliable but is not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness. Anyone acting or relying on such information does so entirely at their own risk. The efficacy of the IPM methods included above will depend on local conditions and might not always be suitable everywhere within the specified country.