Population ecology of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on brinjal

• Main Authors: Zaini, Mohd Rasdi, Ismail, Fauziah, Khalid, Fairuz, Mohamad Sahal, Mohd Saiful Akbar, Bula, Md Jamaluddin, Md Rawi, Che Salmah, Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7406/1/7406.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7406/; http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jas/article/view/2280

Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), a common insect feeding on plants, belongs to the family Aleyrodidae of the order Homoptera. The quantity of food source especially brinjal, is one of the major factors that has attracted whitefly in the area. In fact, the flight ability of whitefly enables them...