EFFECT OF HORTICULTURAL OIL, INSECTICIDAL SOAP, AND FILM-FORMING PRODUCTS ON THE WESTERN FLOWER THRIPS AND THE TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS

Authors
ALLEN WR TEHRANI B LUFT R
Citation
Wr. Allen et al., EFFECT OF HORTICULTURAL OIL, INSECTICIDAL SOAP, AND FILM-FORMING PRODUCTS ON THE WESTERN FLOWER THRIPS AND THE TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS, Plant disease, 77(9), 1993, pp. 915-918
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Plant disease → ACNP
ISSN journal
01912917
Volume
77
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
915 - 918
Database
ISI
SICI code
0191-2917(1993)77:9<915:EOHOIS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Horticultural oil, insecticidal soap, and film-forming products were t ested for their efficacy in reducing transmission of the tomato spotte d wilt virus (lettuce serotype) and feeding and reproduction of the we stern flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis). Wilt-Pruf, oil, and Dow Corning 36 products reduced virus transmission by 73, 57, and 46%; and feeding activity by 40, 4, and 41%, respectively. Only Dow Cornin g 36 significantly reduced (66%) reproduction.