ʻO nā nalo keʻokeʻo, ʻike ʻia ʻo Aleyrodidae i ka ʻepekema, he mau inike ʻēheu liʻiliʻi no ka Hemiptera order. Hiki i kēia mau ʻōpala liʻiliʻi ke hoʻoweliweli nui i nā mea kanu, e hōʻino ai i ka ʻū ʻana i ke kohu mai nā lau, e alakaʻi ana i ka melemele o ka lau, ka maloʻo, a me ka make ʻana o ka mea kanu i nā hihia koʻikoʻi. Laha 'ia ka nalo keokeo ma na wahi he nui o ka honua, a e hikiwawe ke hoopau ia na ma'i ma'i ke waiho 'ole 'ia.
Nā kumu: Hoʻohua wikiwiki nā Whiteflies a hiki ke waiho i nā hua he 400 i ko lākou ola ʻana. Hiki i nā inike ke laha wikiwiki mai kekahi mea kanu a i kekahi, he mea paʻakikī ke hoʻomalu i ko lākou heluna kanaka. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka Whiteflies i nā mea kanu me ka ulu ʻoluʻolu, ulu hou a hiki ke hoʻopili i nā kīhāpai meaʻai, nā mea kanu nani, a me nā mea kanu i ulu i ka hale kōmaena.
Nā ʻano o ka hakakā ʻana: Nui nā ʻano hana e hoʻomalu a mālama i nā infestations whiteflies, me:
1. Ka Mana Ola - Hoʻohana kēia i nā mea ʻaihue maoli e like me ka ladybugs, lacewings, a me nā wasps parasitic e hoʻomalu i ka heluna o nā nalo keʻokeʻo.
2. Ka Mana Mechanical - ʻO kēia kaʻina hana e hoʻoneʻe kino i nā nalo keʻokeʻo mai nā mea kanu ma o ka ʻohi lima ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
3. Ka Hoʻomalu Kemika – ʻO kēia ʻano hana ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā insecticides e pepehi i nā nalo keʻokeʻo. Eia nō naʻe, pono e hoʻohana ʻia me ka akahele no ka mea hiki ke hoʻopōʻino i nā iniseti maikaʻi a me nā pollinators.
Kāohi: ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pale ʻana ma mua o ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e pili ana i nā whiteflies. ʻO kekahi mau hana pale e hiki ke lawe ʻia:
1. E nānā i nā mea kanu hou ma mua o ka lawe ʻana iā lākou i loko o kāu kīhāpai a i ʻole ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻole o nā nalo keʻokeʻo.
2. Ke kanu i nā mea kanu hoa hiki ke pale aku i nā nalo keʻokeʻo e like me ke kālika, aniani, a me ka chives.
3. E mālama pono i nā mea kanu ma ka hoʻoinu ʻana a me ka hoʻomomona pono ʻana iā lākou.
4. Ka uhi ʻana i nā mea kanu me kahi pale kino e like me ka ʻupena a i ʻole ka ʻupena e pale ai i nā nalo keʻokeʻo mai ka hoʻohua ʻana.
ʻO ka hopena, hiki i nā lele keʻokeʻo ke hoʻopōʻino nui i nā mea kanu a hiki ke paʻakikī ke kāohi. Eia nō naʻe, ma ka lawe ʻana i nā hana pale a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā ʻano hakakā i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna nei, hiki ke mālama pono ʻia nā whiteflies.