Economic injury levels and sequential sampling plans for control decision‐making systems of Bemisia tabaci biotype B adults in watermelon crops

Economic injury levels and sequential sampling plans for control decision‐making systems of Bemisia tabaci biotype B adults in watermelon crops

BACKGROUND Decision‐making systems are essential parts of integrated pest management programs. The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a major pest of many crops, including watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), the second most consumed fruit worldwide. However, there are still no studies o...

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Published in:Pest management science Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 998 - 1005
Main Authors: de O Lima, Carlos H, Sarmento, Renato A, Pereira, Poliana S, Ribeiro, Arthur V, Souza, Danival J, Picanço, Marcelo C
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01-04-2019
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Subjects:
Adults
Agricultural economics
Agricultural practices
Bemisia tabaci
Citrullus lanatus
Crop yield
Crops
Decision making
economic injury level
Integrated pest management
Leaves
Organic chemistry
Pest control
Pests
Plants (botany)
Sampling
Sequential sampling
sequential sampling plan
whitefly
whitefly
sequential sampling plan
economic injury level
Citrullus lanatus
integrated pest management
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Summary:BACKGROUND Decision‐making systems are essential parts of integrated pest management programs. The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a major pest of many crops, including watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), the second most consumed fruit worldwide. However, there are still no studies on decision‐making systems for B. tabaci on this crop. Thus, we aim to determine a decision‐making system to control B. tabaci biotype B on watermelon crops. RESULTS The highest densities of B. tabaci biotype B reduced the yield of watermelon crops by up to 56%. Watermelon plants were more susceptible to the pest at the vegetative stage than at the reproductive stage. The economic injury levels of B. tabaci biotype B when watermelon prices were low, average, and high were respectively, 0.52, 0.21 and 0.13 adults leaf−1 at the vegetative stage, and 1.69, 0.69 and 0.44 adults leaf−1 at the reproductive stage. The sequential plans reached the same decisions as the conventional plan, and reduced the time and cost of sampling by up to 92.68%. CONCLUSION The decision‐making systems determined in this study enable an expedited and proper decision to be made for controlling B. tabaci, biotype B and can be used in different price situations for watermelon and in crops at different phenological stages. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry Here, we present decision‐making systems for controlling Bemisia tabaci on watermelon crops, which can be used in different price situations, as well as in crops at different phenological stages.
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ISSN:1526-498X
1526-4998
DOI:10.1002/ps.5207