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Better Control With More Food: Continuous Provision of Alternative Food Enhances Thrips Control by Predatory Mites

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The use of alternative food has become an integral component of biocontrol, allowing the introduction and establishment of predators into a crop before pest invasion and sustaining populations even when pest densities are low. The addition of alternative food also has a positive long‐term effect in decreasing the densities of the pest.
J. Alexandra Sierra‐Monroy, Jacques A. Deere, Marta Montserrat, Gerben Messelink, Arne Janssen   +4 more
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Invasion biology, ecology, and management of western flower thrips [PDF]

, 2020
The 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 ...
Kirk
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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

Current Research in Insect Science
Dehydration 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, Alekhya Kondragunta, Hyojin A. Choi, Jinlong Han, Holly McInnes, Dorith Rotenberg, Diane E. Ullman, Joshua B. Benoit   +7 more
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Quantification of Thrips Damage Using Ilastik and ImageJ Fiji

Bio-Protocol, 2018
Quantification of insect damage is an essential measurement for identifying resistance in plants. In screening for host plant resistance against thrips, the total damaged leaf area is used as a criterion to determine resistance levels. Here we present an
Isabella Visschers, Nicole van Dam, Janny Peters   +2 more
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Flowering Plant Species Differ in Their Suitability for Orius strigicollis (Poppius): Effects on Plant Preference, Longevity and Oviposition Under Laboratory Conditions

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Flowering plant species can support pest control by providing resources for natural enemies. Polyphagous predatory species of the genus Orius occur in many parts of the world and are widely used as biological control agents. They feed on several common pest species and can additionally utilize plant resources such as nectar and pollen.
Elena Krimmer, Norihide Hinomoto
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts on Natural Enemies and Competitor Thrips of Insecticides against the Western Flower Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Fruiting Vegetables [PDF]

Newer, selective insecticides with few negative impacts on natural enemies and competitor species are needed for effective, sustainable management of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande).
Srivastava, Mrittunjai, Olson, Steve, Reitz, Stuart, Funderburk, Joe, Demirozer, Ozan   +4 more
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Western Flower Thrips Control on Strawberry, 2014

KEYWORDS: Frankliniella occidentalis, WFT, Western flower thrips ...
Tanigoshi, Lynell K., Gerdeman, B. S., Spitler, G. H.   +2 more
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Thermogenesis‐derived spatiotemporal microclimates guide pollinator movement to ensure pollination

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
Alocasia odora's microclimatic heterogeneity guides Colocasiomyia fly movement within its inflorescence. During the female stage, midday heat in the upper spadix pushes flies down to the cooler female zone. During the male stage, nocturnal warmth in the upper part pulls flies upward and spathe constriction closes the lower female chamber.
Yuanjun Yu, Yan Luo, Wufan Zhang, Xiang Ding, Xiqiang Song, Yibo Luo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pest Information Guide: Eastern Flower Thrips Frankliniella tritici (Fitch)

EDIS, 2016
This publication is part of the Pest Identification Guides series, which was created to help growers and crop consultants, private homeowners, Master Gardeners, and the general public identify common arthropod pests and the damage they inflict.
Jeffrey D. Cluever, Hugh A. Smith
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Western flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) preference for thrips-damaged leaves over fresh leaves enables uptake of symbiotic gut bacteria

European Journal of Entomology, 2006
To understand the evolution of insect gut symbionts it is important to determine how they are passed on to the next generation. We studied this process in Erwinia species bacteria that inhabit the gut of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (
Egbert J. DE VRIES, Rutger A. VOS, Gerrit JACOBS, Hans A.J. BREEUWER   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source