BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: AN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVE FOR Trialeurodes vaporariorum IN PANAMA GREENHOUSES
Biological control is considered an essential and viable component for integrated pest management (IPM), and with the current movement towards sustainable agriculture, biological control can be expected to play an even more extensive role in IPM. The ultimate objective of this review is to go through the current efforts on biological control of the greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum), and finally suggest research topics to develop sustainable safe and effective control strategies for whitefly damaging tomatoes under protected cultivation in Panama. The identity and biological attributes of the pest and its natural enemies is reviewed, related studies are summarized and current efforts to biological control of whitefly complex, both protected and open field crops are documented. This review allows recommending research topics to develop sustainable, safe and effective control strategies for whitefly attacking tomatoes in Panama under protected cultivation. Successful completion of these recommendations could provide an effective alternative for chemical control to Panamanian producers, especially under protected cultivation, and sharply reduce the current heavy use of expensive and toxic chemical insecticides. The result may have application in a range of cropping system and offers inputs for a strategy on integrated crop management, emphasizing on Biological Control under Integrated Knowledge and Innovation Management with active participation of the local main stake holders.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | spa |
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Instituto de Innovación Agropecuaria de Panamá
2015
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistacienciaagropecuaria.ac.pa/index.php/ciencia-agropecuaria/article/view/168 |
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