Glastuinbouw Nederland and over 50 poinsettia agriculturalist concluded the 2019 poinsettia season with a craw event on 16 January . As has become traditional , they visited the lifespan test in the Royal FloraHolland lifespan testing room . The rest of the computer programme took place at World Horti Center , where Arthur van den Berg shared the latest news program from Glastuinbouw Nederland . Jeroen Sanders , research manager at World Horti Center , was next on the programme . He shared the resolution of recent research into various prevention strategies for Bemisia tabaci .
Bemisia tabaci , also known as tobacco whitefly , can occur in various crops . Tomatoes , aubergines and various pot plant are specially prone to this pest . This whitefly dwell for around 30 days , and an adult whitefly can raise no fewer than 200 eggs per twenty-four hours within a 25 degree temperature range . This means that this insect can build up a substantial population in a greenhouse in a very short space of clock time . It ’s a real pest for agriculturalist . They would profit from an effectual systemic approach to keep Bemisia tabaci out of their harvest . enquiry has been carry out at World Horti Center into various strategy for combating the whitefly .
Research was carried out at World Horti Center last August and September into various strategy for combat the whitefly . Various scheme were investigated in collaboration with manufacturers of adjuvants and green crop protection product , and the population of tobacco whitefly was monitored . Because the grownup whitefly lay eggs on the underside of the leafage , the ware were applied there .
Jeroen concluded that a prominent proportion of the strategies work out well to very well if the right spray engineering is used . Green products generally show a potent effect , whereby the adjuvants enhance the carrying into action of the products . Starting a strategy betimes is of import in rules of order to accomplish the in force effect .
Growers in the room designate that they would be concerned in a come - up study to enquire the employment of innate predator of the tobacco whitefly . This will enable them to achieve a full systemic approach .
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