Whiteflies are one of the most destructive pests of vegetable crops and ornamental plants in the world. If you have a garden, chances are, you have dealt with them before. But what many people don't ...

The ineffectiveness of genetically modified (GM) cotton against the recent whitefly attack in Punjab and Haryana, which witnessed widespread protests by farmers, has raised concern among agricultural ...

On November 8th, JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, will introduce a new technique to aid in the development of defenses against diseases threatening food crops worldwide. The method, ...

Researchers have sequenced the genome of the whitefly (Bemisia tabici), an invasive insect responsible for spreading plant viruses worldwide, causing billions of dollars in crop losses each year. The ...

A survey of 276 Sierra Leonean farms mapped widespread cassava diversity, regionally variable pest pressure and cassava ...

I like to count my ripening cabbages: 16 left and three months of winter to go. I pat their firm heads and feel satisfied. And then the whitefly swirl and flurry like a snowstorm, only to settle again ...

Pests could be eradicated without the need for harsh chemicals simply by bombarding them with smells, scientists have found. Newcastle University has discovered that whitefly who are exposed to an ...