Abstract Andhra Pradesh is one of the important coconut-growing states in India with an area 0.115 million hectares producing 1,567.60 nuts annually. The exotic pest rugose spiraling whitefly (RSW), Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) has entered 2016 first reports from Kerala and Tamil Nadu 2017. IPM strategies which included installation yellow sticky traps @12/acre, r...

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the side-effects of amitraz, buprofezin and propargite were studied on encarsia formosa (gahan)in the laboratory, using a life table response experiment and the iobc system for their toxicity. bioassayswere conducted by dipping bean leaves containing third instar nymphs of the whitefly trialeurodesvaporariorum (westwood), parasitized by e. formosa, in insecticide solutions or caging adult paras...