Yusuf Sani Ringim
Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bayero University, Kano, NigeriaPublications
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Research
Seasonal whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) abundance infesting tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) monitored on yellow sticky traps
Author(s): Nur Azura Adam*, Nasiru Muhammad Kwaifa, Anis Syahirah Mokhtar, Muhamad Rita, Dzolkhifli Omar and Yusuf Sani Ringim
Background and Objective: Bemisia tabaci, commonly known as Silverleaf Whitefly, is among the most damaging crop pest on crops such as tomato in Nigeria, but little is known about when these economically significant species are most abundant in the study area. This experiment was carried out to determine the abundance of B. tabaci on tomatoes during the dry and rainy seasons at the Teaching and Research farm in Kebbi, Nigeria (Latitude 12o 11' N; Longitude 40 16' E) of the Kebbi State University of Science and Technology. The area is located in the Sudan Savannah Agro-ecological zone of Nigeria, which is marked by irregular and little rainfall. Materials and Method: Two field studies were conducted in the field during the rainy and dry seasons of 2017 and 2018 in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) to examine the abundance of whiteflies on tomato plants. Yellow sticky tr.. Read More»
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16752410