Tomato leaf infected by whiteflies

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K.Ashalatha

Retired biology teacher. Previously I worked with TIFR as an outreach volunteer.

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In my balcony I had potted a tomato plant. While I was watering that plant I observed a leaf with white spots underside of the leaf. I wanted to observe those patches under the foldscope. While I was cutting the infected leaf I noticed small flies.
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Then I put a piece of leaf under the foldscope but I couldn’t see clearly.
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Later I caught hold of the insect and put it on a cavity slide and placed a coverslip gently over the insect. It is a white fly.
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I saw some black ones which may be the 3rd instar stage of the fly.
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Later I peeled the lower epidermis of another leaf which was less infected and observed the following.
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Are these eggs? (140x + 2x of iPad)
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