Glasshouse whitefly and leafhoppers in protected herbs: options for control within IPM programmes

Whilst protected herb growers have successfully adopted IPM techniques as a means of sustainable pest control, control of adult chrysanthemum leafhopper or ‘sage leafhopper’, Eupteryx melissae leafhoppers and glasshouse whitefly can be a problem.

This factsheet -

• describes the main leafhopper species damaging protected herbs
• identifies a potential new leafhopper egg parasitoid and
• provides guidance on the control of whitefly with the parasitoid Encarsia formosa. 

This information was last updated in 2001.