Biocontrols For Your Bedding Plants Crop
Individual species or varieties may only suffer from one or two of the pests listed below, while others suffer from a wider range of pests. There may also be pests that are specific to some ornamental plants which are listed below. Tolerance of pests may be very low for aesthetic reasons, and biological control agents need to be chosen and used carefully to achieve control.
Pest Name
Scientific Name
Suitable Products
Western Flower Thrips,
Chili Thrips and other species
Frankliniella occidentalis,
Scirtothrips dorsalis
Aphids
Aphis gossypii, Myzus
persicae, Myzus nicotianae
Sweetpotato, greenhouse whiteflies
Trialeurodes vaporariorum
and/or Bemisia tabaci
