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Table 1 Raising of different host plants of greenhouse whitefly under polyhouse

From: Biological characteristics and parasitization potential of Encarsia formosa Gahan (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) on the whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), a pest of greenhouse crops in north-western Indian Himalayas

Host plant

Cultivar

Spacing (plants × rows)

Date of sowing/transplanting

Brinjal

Punjab Bahar

60 × 45 cm

September 2019*

Cucumber

Kian

30 × 60 cm

February 2020*

French bean

Anupam

45 × 10 cm

February 2020**

Tobacco

Prabha

80 × 80 cm

September 2019*

Lettuce

Iceberg

12 × 4 cm

September 2019*

Tomato

Palam tomato hybrid-1

70 × 30 cm

September 2019*

  1. *Transplanting
  2. **Sowing