Poinsettia. Main pest pressures
May 21, 2019
After the cuttings have been struck, protect the roots from sciarid fly attack by applying the entomopathogenic nematode Entonem, at 0.5 million nematodes per [...] per m 2 of cultivated area Apply at 2, 5 and 8 days after planting; this is key to ensuring that cuttings can form roots without being damaged, and after [...] whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum , and the tobacco whitefly , Bemisia tabaci , a non-native notifiable pest, are reported to be the main pest pressures. However