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Plants, 2023 Capsicum species grown for pepper production suffer severely from thrips damage, urging the identification of natural resistance. Resistance levels are commonly assessed on leaves. However, Capsicum plants are flower-bearing during most of the production
Isabella G. S. Visschers +5 more
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Agronomy, 2022 Secondary metabolites are among the major contributors of host-plant resistance. Cowpea produces secondary metabolites that are known to enhance resistance to insect pests including flower bud thrips.
Hellen Wairimu Gitonga +5 more
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Predatory mites double the economic injury level of the Frankliniella occidentalis in strawberry [PDF]
, 2016 The western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) causes bronzing to strawberry fruit. Management of insecticide-resistant strains relies on the integration of predators with carefully timed use of the few ...
Kirk, WDJ, Sampson, C
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Pest species diversity enhances control of spider mites and whiteflies by a generalist phytoseiid predator [PDF]
, 2010 To test the hypothesis that pest species diversity enhances biological pest control with generalist predators, we studied the dynamics of three major pest species on greenhouse cucumber: Western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande ...
Holstein-Saj, R., van +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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Organic and conventional tomato cropping systems. [PDF]
, 2004 Among several alternative agricultural systems have been developed, organic agriculture has deserved increasing interest from. The objective of this paper was comparing both organic (OS) and conventional (CS) tomato cropping systems for varieties Débora ...
ABBASI P.A. +16 more
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International Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management, 2023 The study was conducted in the experimental field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh during April‒June, 2021 to evaluate the effectiveness of integrated management approaches against thrips on mung bean.
A. T. Mim, M. Ali, S. Yasmin
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Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 2022 Plant biophysical and biochemical properties play important roles to explore the resistance sources against thrips. In this study, we investigated the effect of trichomes and biochemical contents of 11 mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) varieties to search for
Sabera Yasmin +6 more
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Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis [Pergande])
EDIS, 2015 One of many species of thrips found in Florida, Frankliniella occidentalis, is a pest of several crops throughout Florida and the world, causing injury by feeding and by transmission of plant viruses. This 8-page fact sheet was written by Jeffrey D. Cluever, Hugh A. Smith, Joseph E.
Jeffery D. Cluever +3 more
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Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2013 A 2-yr field study was conducted to assess the effects of transgenic japonica rice (KMD1 and KMD2) with a synthetic cry1Ab gene from Bacillus thuingiensis Berliner on population dynamics and seasonal average densities of five thrips species including ...
Akhtar Zunnu Raen +6 more
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