As incidents of pink bollworm have started surfacing from the cotton fields of Mansa and Bathinda districts, prolonged hot and dry climatic conditions have further enhanced the fear of whitefly ...

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

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 ...

ITHACA, NY--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 ...

Whiteflies sitting under the leaf of a plant - mrs.Mazorchuk/Shutterstock Whiteflies are one of the most destructive pests of vegetable crops and ornamental plants in ...

A tiny whitefly is responsible for spreading a group of plant viruses that cause devastating disease on food, fiber, and ornamental crops, say plant pathologists with the American Phytopathological ...

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 ...

Pests could be eradicated without the need for harsh chemicals simply by bombarding them with smells, scientists have found. Newcastle University has discovered that whitefly who are exposed to an ...

DEAR GARDEN COACH: We have a plum tree in the backyard that gets horrible whitefly every summer. Everything underneath the tree gets all sticky, and all the plants near it get whitefly, too. We are ...