%0 Journal Article
%T Update on the Status of Bemisia tabaci in the UK and the Use of Entomopathogenic Fungi within Eradication Programmes
%A Andrew G. S. Cuthbertson
%J Insects
%D 2013
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/insects4020198
%X The sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) continues to be a serious threat to crops worldwide. The UK holds Protected Zone status against this pest and, as a result, B. tabaci entering on plant material is subjected to a policy of eradication. Both B and Q Bemisia biotypes are now regularly intercepted entering the UK. With increasing reports of neonicotinoid resistance in both these biotypes, it is becoming more problematic to control/eradicate. Therefore, alternative means of control are necessary. Entomopathogenic fungi ( Lecanicilllium muscarium and Beauveria bassiana) offer much potential as control agents of B. tabaci within eradication programmes in the UK.
%K Beauveria bassiana
%K Bemisia tabaci
%K biological control
%K Lecanicillium muscarium
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/4/2/198