Haze of glue determines preference of western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) for yellow or blue traps. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 In a wind tunnel we compared the colour preference for western flower thrips to four types of colour plates (clear, white, blue and yellow) applied with two types of glue (diffuse Stikem versus clear D41).
van Tol RWHM +4 more
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Invasion Biology, Ecology, and Management of Western Flower Thrips. [PDF]
Annual Review of Entomology, 2020 Western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, first arose as an important invasive pest of many crops during the 1970s-1980s. The tremendous growth in international agricultural trade that developed then fostered the invasiveness of western flower ...
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Flower Thrips in Blackberries in Florida
EDIS, 2015 Blackberry production is a small but growing industry in the state of Florida. Their numerous health benefits make them a good choice for Florida growers who want to diversify from traditional crops such as strawberries.
Oscar E. Liburd +3 more
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Effects of flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on nutritional quality of banana (Zingiberales: Musaceae) buds. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The abundance of banana flower thrips (Thrips hawaiiensis Morgan) in a banana (Musa acuminata Colla "Williams" cultivar) plantation was investigated using yellow sticky traps (29.70 cm × 21.00 cm) in 2015.
Deyi Yu +6 more
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Kairomone and Camera Trapping New Zealand Flower Thrips, Thrips obscuratus. [PDF]
Insects, 2020 This project investigated how kairomone lures, camera traps, and counting software could together contribute to pest management. Images of cumulative daily catch of New Zealand Flower Thrips (NZFT) attracted to a ripe peach lactone (6-pentyl-2H-pyran-2-one; 6-PAP) were automatically loaded to the internet and compared with scanned bases checked weekly ...
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Colour Response in Western Flower Thrips Varies Intraspecifically. [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Discrepancies in the published research as to the attraction of the economically important pest western flower thrips (WFT) to different colours confounds the optimisation of field traps for pest management purposes. We considered whether the different experimental conditions of independent studies could have contributed to this.
Lopez-Reyes K +6 more
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Dehydration and tomato spotted wilt virus infection combine to alter feeding and survival parameters for the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis [PDF]
Current Research in Insect ScienceDehydration and tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) infection substantially impact the feeding of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis. Until now, the dynamics between these biotic and abiotic stresses have not been examined for thrips.
Samuel T. Bailey +7 more
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Optimization of dietary RNA interference delivery to western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis and onion thrips Thrips tabaci [PDF]
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 2019 In insect reverse genetics, dietary delivery of interfering RNAs is a practical approach in nonmodel species, such as thrips, whose small size, and feeding behavior restricts the use of other delivery methods.
A. A. Andongma +4 more
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Can mass trapping reduce thrips damage and is it economically viable? Management of the Western flower thrips in strawberry. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is a cosmopolitan, polyphagous insect pest that causes bronzing to fruit of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa).
Clare Sampson, William D J Kirk
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Trichome Independent Resistance against Western Flower Thrips in Tomato [PDF]
Plant and Cell Physiology, 2019 Western flower thrips (WFT) are a major pest on many crops, including tomato. Thrips cause yield losses, not only through feeding damage, but also by the transmission of viruses of which the Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus is the most important one.
Johanna A. Bac-Molenaar +7 more
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