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INTEGRATIVE MANAGEMENT OF WHITEFLIES FOR ORGANIC CUCURBIT PRODUCTION IN THE US SOUTHERN REGION.

Objective

1) Organic management of whitefly and their associated viruses with nanoclay mixed with essential oils.2) Evaluation of cultural practices (mulches and row cover) to manage whitefly and whitefly-transmitted viruses in organic cucurbits' production.3) Augmentative biological control and conservation, increase early augmentation of natural enemies. Cover crops may increase the natural enemies, using clover to increase.4) Evaluating the economic sustainability of the newly developed methods compared to traditional whitefly management methods

Investigators
Martini, X. P.; Liburd, OS, EM.; Qureshi, JA, A.; Srinivasan, RA, .; Solis, DA, .; Bilbo, TH, .; Price, DE, NA.
Institution
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Start date
2024
End date
2027
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
FLA-NFC-006525
Accession number
1032874
https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/1032874.html