{"id":81094,"date":"2024-03-25T10:06:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T10:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mohameday987.shop\/staging1\/?p=81094"},"modified":"2024-08-18T02:16:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T02:16:27","slug":"the-white-worm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/en\/the-white-worm\/","title":{"rendered":"White worm: symptoms, causes, control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter-rtl ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents of the article<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/en\/the-white-worm\/#%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9\" >Control strategy<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/en\/the-white-worm\/#%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B9_%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AB_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1\" >Preventive measures to prevent the occurrence of white worm<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/en\/the-white-worm\/#%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%B6%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%B6%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1\" >Chemical and organic control recommendations against whiteworm<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>The white worm represents a major threat to the roots of plants and various crops. In this article on your website, World of Plants, we review how to identify it and measures to combat it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D8%A3%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1\"><\/span><strong>Symptoms of white worm<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Scientific name<\/strong> : Polyphylla fullo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Type of disease<\/strong>: Insect<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>the family<\/strong> : Coleoptera<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Infection by larvae or harmful instars of leaves and other cultivated solanaceous plants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The larvae devour the leaves greedily, and symptoms of infection appear in the form of eaten areas of the leaf in pepper, and the eaten area of the leaf reaches 85% in some cases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plants may be completely stripped of their leaves and only the middle veins of the leaves remain, when the infestation reaches 50-60% on pepper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1270\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Whiteworm - the world of plants\" class=\"wp-image-81103\" title=\"Whiteworm - the world of plants\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-1.jpeg 1270w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-1-300x183.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-1-1024x625.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-1-768x469.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1270px) 100vw, 1270px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An image showing the symptoms of the beginning of whiteworm infection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1269\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Whiteworm - the world of plants\" class=\"wp-image-81133\" title=\"Whiteworm - the world of plants\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-2.jpeg 1269w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-2-300x213.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-2-1024x726.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-2-768x545.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1269px) 100vw, 1269px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A picture shows you larvae on the soil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1038\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Whiteworm - the world of plants\" class=\"wp-image-81143\" title=\"Whiteworm - the world of plants\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-3.jpeg 1038w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-3-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-3-1024x721.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-3-768x541.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1038px) 100vw, 1038px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A picture showing you the caterpillar eating the leaf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%81_%D8%AD%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1\"><\/span><strong>Description of the white worm insect<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adult insects are large beetles, 25 mm in size, characterized by their mottled black color and irregularly distributed lines, marks, and white spots. The end of the abdomen is visible, covered with dense, yellowish-gray down. The legs and antennae are brown.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The larvae are white, the head is brown, and the length is 75 mm and they are of the arcuate type<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pupa: Yellow, located inside a dirt cocoon under the surface of the soil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"946\" src=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-4.jpeg\" alt=\"Whiteworm - the world of plants\" class=\"wp-image-81150\" title=\"Whiteworm - the world of plants\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-4.jpeg 880w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-4-279x300.jpeg 279w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-4-768x826.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A picture that shows you what a complete insect looks like.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1268\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-5.jpeg\" alt=\"Whiteworm - the world of plants\" class=\"wp-image-81154\" title=\"Whiteworm - the world of plants\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-5.jpeg 1268w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-5-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-5-1024x742.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-5-768x557.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A picture showing the symptoms of a severe infestation (most of the larvae are eaten).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1269\" height=\"952\" src=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-6.jpeg\" alt=\"Whiteworm - the world of plants\" class=\"wp-image-81156\" title=\"Whiteworm - the world of plants\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-6.jpeg 1269w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-6-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-6-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/worldofplants.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/word-image-81094-6-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1269px) 100vw, 1269px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Causes of white worm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1\"><\/span><strong>Causes of white worm<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Repeated use of pesticides in pepper fields increases the pest\u2019s resistance to the pesticide, and the emergence of strains that are resistant even to phosphorus pesticides, especially when crops are mixed together.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not conduct soil excavation, hoeing, or breaking up and softening the soil before and after planting pepper, as hoeing must be done to a depth of 12 cm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not sterilize the soil in which pepper is grown, as butterfly pupae can be present in the soil in safe, hidden clay cores.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unbalanced fertilization weakens pepper\u2019s resistance to various pests, especially too little or too much nitrogen fertilization, as well as not fertilizing with potassium, K, and phosphorus, P.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The presence of suitable environmental conditions for the insect, including low humidity and high temperature in pepper fields, especially with neglect of irrigation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The presence of grasses surrounding pepper fields allows virgins to hide in them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multiple families, including tobacco, sugar beets, sunflowers, vegetables and some fruit trees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A9_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1\"><\/span><strong>Suitable conditions for the spread of white worm<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Temperatures: It was observed that the periods of pre-oviposition, egg-laying, and post-oviposition and the longevity of females are much longer at 15\u00b0C compared to higher temperatures...but the average total and daily fertility is highest at 25\u00b0C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1\"><\/span><strong>White worm development cycle<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The pupal stage spends the winter as an immature pupa in self-made holes or places on parts of leaves, flower stands, buds, and bud scales.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After that, the adult butterflies emerge from their places in early April and feed on the nectar of the flowers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mating occurs and the female butterfly lays about 70-80 eggs individually on the lower surface of pepper leaves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The hatched caterpillars feed on pepper leaves for 3-4 weeks, during which they go through five or six instars until growth is complete. They turn into pupae on plants between the leaves or on the buds. Then the pupae transform again into butterflies within a period of no less than 50-62 days or more. Depending on the prevailing temperature and humidity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The insect has about 4-6 generations per year, and this varies depending on the climate in the pepper fields<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1\"><\/span><strong>White worm infestation losses<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This pest causes economic damage to the income of pepper crop farmers, and the damage may reach 70% when the symptoms become severe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The productivity of the lines for growing pepper plants and others decreases, and their nutritional content, such as carbohydrates, vitamins, and others, decreases, and their content of vitamin B complex and antioxidants decreases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The larvae can cause serious harm to their hosts by feeding on the roots of the plant, thus stopping its growth and preventing its continuation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9\"><\/span><strong>Control strategy<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B9_%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AB_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1\"><\/span><strong>Preventive measures to prevent the occurrence of white worm<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monitor pepper fields and places of cultivation periodically in three stages, the first in April, the second in July, and the third in September. During this stage, the leaves are monitored.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitor the leaves of pepper plants systematically and regularly daily, and record any possible infections from eaten areas of the leaf or parts bitten by caterpillars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plant the plant at appropriate distances, which are 50 cm between plants and 55 cm between lines for sweet peppers, and 35 cm between plants and 40 cm between lines for sharp or hot peppers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove all weeds close to the crop soil to ensure that larvae and pupae are not transferred from the soil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%B6%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%B6%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1\"><\/span><strong>Chemical and organic control recommendations against whiteworm<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Organic control <\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use special traps (sugar bait + a toxic substance such as the pesticide Carbaryl) to catch this butterfly and distribute it well between the pepper planting lines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cultivation of resistant varieties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chemical control: <\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Control using a phosphorous insecticide. 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