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Breeding resistant alfalfa holds promise for silverleaf whitefly management

authors

Larry R. Teuber, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, UC Davis
Michael E. Rupert, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, now Staff Research Associate, Department of Pomology, UC Davis
Larry Gibbs, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, Desert Research & Extension Center
Ken L. Taggard, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, UC Davis

publication information

California Agriculture 51(3):25-29. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v051n03p25. May-June 1997.

abstract

Since 1991, the silverleaf whitefly has caused serious damage to alfalfa production in the southern desert region. Reports from the Imperial County Agricultural Commissioner suggest that direct and indirect effects of the whitefly have caused average forage yields to decrease by 17%. Recently developed plant-breeding procedures are proving successful in developing genetic resistance to this insect. We expect to have adapted cultivars with silverleaf whitefly resistance available to growers by 2000.

author affiliations

L.R. Teuber is Professor, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, UC Davis; M.E. Rupert is former Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, now Staff Research Associate, Department of Pomology, UC Davis. L.K. Gibbs is Staff Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, Desert Research & Extension Center; K.L. Taggard is Staff Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, UC Davis;

author notes

The authors wish to express their sincere appreciation to the Imperial Whitefly Management Committee for funding the research reported in this paper.


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