Whiteflies, mwasayansi yotchedwa Aleyrodidae, ndi tizilombo tating'ono ta mapiko timene timakhala m'gulu la Hemiptera. Tizilombo tating'onoting'ono timeneti titha kuwopseza kwambiri zomera, zomwe zimayambitsa kuwonongeka mwa kuyamwa kuyamwa masamba, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti tsamba likhale lachikasu, kufota, ngakhale kufa kwa mbewuzo zikavuta kwambiri. Ntchentche zoyera zili ponseponse m’madera ambiri padziko lapansi, ndipo matendawo amatha kuchulukirachulukira ngati sangawaletse.
Zomwe zimayambitsa: Ntchentche zoyera zimaberekana mwachangu ndipo zimatha kuikira mazira 400 pa moyo wawo wonse. Tizilombozi timatha kufalikira mofulumira kuchokera ku chomera chimodzi kupita ku china, zomwe zimachititsa kuti zikhale zovuta kulamulira chiwerengero chawo. Ntchentche zoyera zimakopeka ndi zomera zanthete, zophuka kumene ndipo zimatha kuwononga minda ya ndiwo zamasamba, zokometsera, ndi mbewu zobzalidwa mu greenhouses.
Njira Zolimbana ndi Ntchentche: Pali njira zingapo zothanirana ndi ntchentche zoyera, kuphatikiza:
1. Biological Control - Izi zimaphatikizapo kugwiritsa ntchito zilombo zachilengedwe monga ladybugs, lacewings, ndi mavu a parasitic kuwongolera kuchuluka kwa ntchentche zoyera.
2. Kuwongolera Mwamakina - Njira iyi imaphatikizapo kuchotsa ntchentche zoyera m'zomera potola pamanja kapena kugwiritsa ntchito chotsukira.
3. Chemical Control – Njirayi ikuphatikizapo kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo toyera. Komabe, iyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito mosamala chifukwa imatha kuwononga tizilombo topindulitsa komanso ma pollinators.
Katetezedwe: Kupewa ndikwabwinoko kuposa kuchiza zikafika ku ntchentche zoyera. Njira zina zodzitetezera zomwe zingatsatidwe ndi izi:
1. Yang'anani mbewu zatsopano musanazibweretse m'munda wanu kapena greenhouse kuti muwonetsetse kuti sizikukhudzidwa ndi ntchentche zoyera.
2. Kubzala mbewu zina zomwe zimatha kuthamangitsa ntchentche zoyera monga adyo, anyezi, ndi chives.
3. Kusunga zomera zathanzi pothirira ndi kuthirira feteleza moyenera.
4. Kuphimba zomera ndi chotchinga ngati mesh kapena ukonde kuteteza ntchentche kuti zisaikire mazira.
Pomaliza, kufalikira kwa whiteflies kumatha kuwononga kwambiri zomera ndipo kungakhale kovuta kuwongolera. Komabe, pochita njira zodzitetezera ndikugwiritsa ntchito njira zolimbana nazo zomwe tazitchula pamwambapa, ntchentche zoyera zimatha kuyendetsedwa bwino.