Use of Insect Exclusion Row Cover and Reflective Silver Plastic Mulching to Manage Whitefly in Zucchini Production
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. The Experimental Design and Crop Management
2.2. Weather Parameters and Data Collection
2.3. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Weather Conditions
3.2. Whitefly Population
3.3. Zucchini Plant Development and Total Yield
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Effects | Total Yield (kg ha−1) |
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Location | |
Georgia 2020 | 11,451 b † |
Georgia 2021 | 15,177 a |
Alabama 2021 | 15,248 a |
p-value | ** |
Plastic mulching treatment | |
Silver | 15,245 a |
White | 12,672 b |
p-value | * |
Cover treatment | |
Row cover | 15,030 a |
No-cover | 12,887 b |
p-value | * |
Location × plastic mulching | |
p-value | ns |
Location × cover | |
p-value | ns |
Plastic mulching × cover | |
p-value | ns |
Location × plastic mulching × cover | |
p-value | ns |
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Rutz, T.; Coolong, T.; Srinivasan, R.; Sparks, A.; Dutta, B.; Codod, C.; Simmons, A.M.; da Silva, A.L.B.R. Use of Insect Exclusion Row Cover and Reflective Silver Plastic Mulching to Manage Whitefly in Zucchini Production. Insects 2023, 14, 863. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14110863
Rutz T, Coolong T, Srinivasan R, Sparks A, Dutta B, Codod C, Simmons AM, da Silva ALBR. Use of Insect Exclusion Row Cover and Reflective Silver Plastic Mulching to Manage Whitefly in Zucchini Production. Insects. 2023; 14(11):863. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14110863
Chicago/Turabian StyleRutz, Thiago, Timothy Coolong, Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan, Alton Sparks, Bhabesh Dutta, Clarence Codod, Alvin M. Simmons, and Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva. 2023. "Use of Insect Exclusion Row Cover and Reflective Silver Plastic Mulching to Manage Whitefly in Zucchini Production" Insects 14, no. 11: 863. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14110863
APA StyleRutz, T., Coolong, T., Srinivasan, R., Sparks, A., Dutta, B., Codod, C., Simmons, A. M., & da Silva, A. L. B. R. (2023). Use of Insect Exclusion Row Cover and Reflective Silver Plastic Mulching to Manage Whitefly in Zucchini Production. Insects, 14(11), 863. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14110863