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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 thrips. We examine current knowledge regarding the biology of western flower thrips, with an emphasis
Reitz, Stuart R. +5 more
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Marigold, <i>Tagetes patula</i>, a Trap Plant for Western Flower Thrips, <i>Frankliniella occidentalis,</i> in Ornamental Bedding Plants Under Controlled Greenhouse Conditions. [PDF]
InsectsSullivan CF, Parker BL, Skinner M.
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Thrips in Florida Strawberry Crops
EDIS, 2015 Strawberries grown in Florida are attacked by several pests, including flower thrips. Western flower thrips and common blossom thrips (both invasive) can cause damage to strawberries in Florida; but, while the native Florida flower thrips is commonly ...
Jeffrey D. Cluever +3 more
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Pest Identification Guide: Western Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)
EDIS, 2016 Western flower thrips transmit the carmovirus Pelargonium flower break virus (PFBV), the ilarvirus Tobacco streak virus (TSV), the tospoviruses Chrysanthemum stem necrosis virus (CSNV), Groundnut ringspot virus (GRSV), Impatiens necrotic spot virus ...
Jeffrey D. Cluever, Hugh A. Smith
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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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Preference and performance of western flower thrips [PDF]
, 2002 Differences in performance on, and preference for, different plant parts were studied on cucumber plants. On these plants thrips are often most abundant on the youngest plant parts. This suggests that the youngest leaves are most suitable for western flower thrips.
W.J. de Kogel
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Flower thrips, Frankliniella tritici (Fitch) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
EDIS, 2019 The flower thrips, Frankliniella tritici (Fitch) (Figure 1), is one of the most abundant species of flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in the eastern United States (Reitz 2008).
Danielle Sprague +2 more
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Flower Color Preferences of Western Flower Thrips [PDF]
HortTechnology, 2005 Flower color preference of western flower thrips [WFT ( Frankliniella occidentalis ) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)] was assessed by observing insect location after introduction into chambers containing four different colored flowers of each of three plant species: transvaal daisy (
Meredith R. Blumthal +3 more
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HortScience, 2020 The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is a major insect pest of greenhouse-grown horticultural crops.
Devin L. Radosevich +2 more
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HortScience, 2020 Western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, and fungus gnats (Bradysia spp.) are major insect pests of greenhouse production systems. Both insect pests have life stages that reside in the soil or plant-growing medium: prepupae and pupae of western
Nathan J. Herrick, Raymond A. Cloyd
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