MIAMI (CBS4) - Miami-Dade County wants to get the word out about a new invasive and pesky insect that has become a threat to landscape plants but most importantly, experts say don't overreact. The ...

Researchers have sequenced the genome of the whitefly (Bemisia tabici), an invasive insect responsible for spreading plant viruses worldwide, causing billions of dollars in crop losses each year. The ...

Whiteflies are one of the most destructive pests of vegetable crops and ornamental plants in the world. If you have a garden, chances are, you have dealt with them before. But what many people don't ...

Greenhouse whitefly is a widespread invasive pest, which has occurred in Finland since the year 1920. It does not belong to the original fauna of the country, but survives in Finland as it finds ...

The whitefly is a major problem for open field tomato cultivation throughout the world. Scientists in the Netherlands together with a number of partners have discovered genes for resistance to the ...

I like to count my ripening cabbages: 16 left and three months of winter to go. I pat their firm heads and feel satisfied. And then the whitefly swirl and flurry like a snowstorm, only to settle again ...

The breakthrough RNA technology behind the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines could be set to revolutionise pest control in agriculture, according to new Australian research published in the ...

One of the world’s worst agricultural pests corrupts the alarm signals of plants, disarming those that otherwise might prepare for an assault. This might help explain why the silverleaf whitefly is so ...

We fed newly emerged whitefly adults in a glass feeding chamber for 48 h with a diet containing rifampicin to exercise the antibiotic treatments. These adults we designate as F0 and their progeny as ...

Whitefly is a generalist herbivore, which feeds on many plant species, but it may also specialize in feeding on greenhouse crops. Tomato and cucumber are the most common crops in the Finnish ...