Tomato Whitefly

Whitefly:  Bemisia tabaci

Symptoms of damage:

• Chlorotic spots
• Yellowing
• Downward curling and drying of leaves
• Vector of tomato leaf curl disease

Identification of pest

• Egg: Pear shaped, light yellowish, stalked
• Nymph: On hatching – Oval, scale-like, greenish white
• Adult: White, tiny, scale-like adults

Management:

• Uproot and destroy the diseased leaf curl plants
• Use nitrogen and irrigation judiciously.
• Remove alternate weed host Abutilon indicum
• Use yellow sticky traps at 12/ha to attract and kill insects.
• Apply carbofuran 3% G @ 40 kg /ha or spray any one of the following insecticides
  

  Insecticide	Dose
  Dimethoate 30 % EC	1.0  ml/lit.
  Malathion 50 % EC	1.5 ml/ lit.
  Oxydemeton –Methyl 25 % EC	1.0 ml/ lit.
  Thiamethoxam 25 % WG	4.0  ml/10 lit.

Source-

• TamilNadu Agritech Portal