Trends in Biosciences

  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 24

Effect of cropping system against whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on tomato

  • Author:
  • L. Ramazeame1,, S. Maheswari2, M. Vindyashree3
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 6751 to 6755

1Department of Agricultural Entomology, School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry, Rai Technology University, Bangalore-561 204

2Department of Agricultural Microbiology, School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry, Rai technology, Bangalore-561 204

3Department of Plant Pathology, School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry, Rai technology, Bangalore-561 204

Abstract

Field experiments were conducted in KVK farm, Hadonahalli to examine the effect of cropping system against whitefly, B. tabaci on tomato. Cucumber, baby corn, vegetable cowpea, squash and Control (without border crop) were used as border crop for control of whitefly. Results reveals that in tomato- baby corn combination in which baby corn was border crop followed by tomato - cowpea border crop resulted in reduced whitefly population incidence in the field, because it reduced the migration of whitefly. While squash proved to be least effective, which recorded maximum number of whiteflies followed by control. Hence, the present study suggests that baby corn could be used as a barrier crop, and squash and cucumber as a trap crop in the management of whitefly on tomatoes.

Keywords

border crop, copping system, Bemisia tabaci, whitefly