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The article focuses on quotable quotes column after winter meeting season has wrapped up and it has received including the great deal of knowledge and wisdom was presented in winter meetings in 2020.

An interview with research entomologist Cindy McKenzie from the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is presented. She discusses the discovery of the presence of the Q-Biotype whitefly, also known as Bemisia tabaci, in the country. She explains how the Q-Biotype pest develops resistance to insecticides. She also discusses the best approach to control the pest.

The article discusses the symptoms and diagnosis of pallidosis on strawberries and its management. Pallidosis is basically a viral disease which is transmitted by various sources such as whiteflies, aphids, and pollen, among others. Plants with pallidosis display stunted growth, purple or red coloration of older leaves, and brittle roots. Management options include using disease-free transplants, managing whitefly and other vectors, and avoiding planting near infected fields.

The article discusses the challenging insect year for cotton growers across the Southeast states in the U.S. Entomologist Dominic Reisig of North Carolina State University Extension has warned farmers on emerging insect issues like whiteflies and bollworms in 2017. Reisig has offered insect control recommendations based on his insect situation and outlook report.

The article argues about a genome study which sequenced the genome of the whitefly including vital for mapping out genetic diversity, viruses transmitted by the insects not seen before in the U.S., and researched by professor Zhangjun Fei, on it.

The article discusses the advantage of employing Admire, a soil injected neonicotinoid insecticide, as an efficient way of controlling insect pests in South Carolina farms. It looks at the research, conducted by researchers at Clemson University's Edisto Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Blackville, which evaluated the use of Admire on the root system of pumpkins. It expounds how Admire works on the whiteflies which are double threat to pumpkins and other cucurbit productions.

The article gives pieces of advice from U.S. researchers on how to tackle pest control problems in the country during fruit and vegetable growing season. Blake Layton of Mississippi State University talks about the management of two pests--stink bugs and corn earworm. John Palumbo of the University of Arizona discusses the problems pose by whiteflies in the Southwest region. Thomas A. Turini of the University of California Cooperative Extension addresses pest control on processing tomatoes.

The article discusses pests that growers might face in the 2008 growing season in the U.S., based on studies conducted by Extension agents and researchers in various locations throughout the U.S. According to plant pathologist Mohammad Babadoost, Phytophthora blight is a problem in cucurbits, particularly pumpkins, in Illinois. Another problem cited for cucurbit growers is downy mildew. In Florida, regional vegetable/horticulture Extension agent Gene McAvoy identifies whiteflies and pepper weevils.

The article ranks the top five online stories based on click-thru rates from eNewsletter in the U.S. as of September 2013, including salad mix which caused stomach bug, whiteflies invasion on tomato farms, and new species of strawberry in Oregon.

The article offers information on whiteflies, which encompasses two certain kinds of pests such as the greenhouse whitefly and the sweetpotato whitefly. It notes that whiteflies are inclined to consume plant sap, which can lessen plant vigor, growth, and cause withering and premature leaf abscission. It mentions that whiteflies target tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, lettuce, beans, and cucurbits.

The article discusses the impact of whiteflies to crops and the effect of the disease it carries in plants. The tomato yellow-leaf-curl virus (TYLCV) kill younger plants and forces mature ones to drop fruit. It is reported that the disease wiped out several hundred acres of tomatoes in Georgia. The state's crop, such as tomatoes, peppers, squash and green beans, totaled $77 million in 2006.

Presents news briefs on crop protection in the U.S. as of March 2004. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency registration received by Zeal miticide of Valent U.S.A. Corp. for use on strawberries and other crops; Additional use of Floramite SC miticide, previously labeled for control of mite pests on ornamental plants, on greenhouse-grown tomatoes; Supplemental label granted to Knack IGR as an insect growth regulator to combat whiteflies.

Provides information on how to control aphids and whiteflies. Time of year that the vegetable pests show up; Seasonal biology of the pests; List of insecticides for aphid and whitefly control.

Focuses on a fermentation procedure patented by the Agricultural Research Service for mass-producing spores of the fungus Paecilomyces fumosoroseus as a biological pesticide. Information on the deep-tank liquid culture fermentation procedure developed by microbiologist Mark Jackson; Implication of whitefly infestations on farm produce; Mechanism of action of Paecilomyces.