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Title: MODIFICATION OF CC WHITEFLY TRAPS

Author
item Chu, Chang Chi
item Alexander, Patrick
item Jackson, Charles
item Henneberry, Thomas

Submitted to: Sweetpotato Whitefly Progress Review Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/1/2002
Publication Date: 6/1/2002
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Modifications of CC whitefly traps are in progress to improve their potential for adult whitefly control in greenhouses. Adult catches in the modified CC traps have been increased by 50% by coating trap tops with Tanglefoot and removing the deflector plates. In laboratory studies, installation of a lime green LED light in the trap top resulted in catches of 281 adults/trap/24-h compared with catches of 18 and 12 adults/trap/24-h for traps with white LED light and no light, respectively. Studies are in progress to test the effects of the modified CC traps on catches of whitefly parasitic wasps.