As we learn more about insect migration and dispersal the more it seems necessary to consider this information when designing insect management programs. There are currently some examples where this has paid dividends. Decisions are being about the placement of refugia for pink bollworms in pesticide resistance management schemes based upon an understanding of their movement. Models for the prediction of dispersal of tobacco blue mold, Peronospora tabacina, are used to make control decisions. Finally, the selection of biological control agents for use against sweet potato whiteflies, Bemisia tabaci, is being based, in part, on flight behavior and migratory ability. It is these sorts of efforts that we would like to be expanded through an exchange of information with IPM practitioners.
Species 1: Hymenoptera Aphelinidae Eretmocerus eremicus
Species 2: Homoptera Aleyrodidae Bemisia tabaci
Keywords: dispersal, biological control
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