Field Scouting Guide: Whitefly
What you need to know to identify and control this pest insect.
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What you need to know to identify and control this pest insect.
Learn more about recognizing and preventing this pest from worming its way into your crops.
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Tips to spot and treat this destructive pest.
What You Need To Know About Optimizing Your Chemigation Program Transplants and seedlings have a smaller root zone compared with large more mature plants. So they can take a shorter exposure to chemigation. Photo by Aliashar Montazar Chemigation in drip-irrigated crops allows for the delivery of systemic insecticides through irrigation water directly to the root system. And it does so in precise amounts needed for cost-effective insect control. It also reduces worker exposure to pesticides by eliminating the insecticide applications to plant foliage. Since many Western growers already use dr...