Thrips Articles & Analysis
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Thrips, ah. the little insects that can pose annoying issues for cannabis cultivation. Thrips are minuscule, elongated insects that feed on cannabis plants’ sap, resulting in discolouration, crooked development, and decreased yields. ...
Mealybugs are small but mighty pests that can settle on your plants. If left untreated, they can spell disaster! Nobody wants that now do they!? As with many aspects of growing plants, pest prevention is a great way to minimise the likelihood of infestations. In turn, this saves wasting time and resources treating mealybug populations in your grow space. Although mealybugs can affect outdoor ...
They will accomplish this through several means: controlling the energy and humidity the greenhouses use; using already-proven heat sources such as geothermal and solar heat; intensifying harvesting; watering more efficiently; preventing plague insects through the use of biological exterminators such as thrips, whitefly and plant louse where natural enemies of pests are ...
While augmentative releases of beneficial insects and mites are becoming increasingly popular in vineyards, it is still rare to find a grower in California with over a decade’s worth of experience using augmentative biological control. David Gates is the senior vice president of vineyard operations at Ridge Vineyards, a winery with a facility in Sonoma County and another one in the Santa ...
To keep Persea mites under control, one of the most important pests in avocados, they release Californicus predatory mites, which also sometimes feeds on avocados thrips. If the releases of beneficial insects and mites are regularly made to target specific pests, biocontrol can help prevent the development of secondary or new pests. ...
“This year, we’ve had to deal with a significant increase in the number of spidermite, thrips and whitefly,” explains Mr Roberts. “Over the years, I have used a combination of crop protection methods and tried and tested pesticides. ...
Additional Pest Management Details: Spotted Wing Drosophila; Anthracnose; Virus Complex on strawberries; Cyclamen Mite; Western Flower Thrips; soil borne diseases; product registrations Field Vegetables: (Bulb & Root Vegetables, Leafy Vegetables and Crucifers, Fruiting Vegetables) Optimize Soil Health for Fresh Vegetables to Maximize Crop Yields and Product Quality. ...
Western flower thrips (WFT) generally pupate in the soil. This laboratory study was designed to examine the compatibility of soil-dwelling predators with microbial biocontrol agents and assess their combined efficacy against pupating WFT, with a view to their integrated use. ...
Damage from tobacco thrips in absence of aldicarb affected pod yield more than injury from paraquat. The combination of tobacco thrips damage in absence of aldicarb and injury from paraquat lowered pod yield compared with aldicarb-treated peanut either with or without paraquat regardless of cultivar. These data suggest that recommendations on use of aldicarb for ...
The three CMS lines also showed significant differences in seed set, with JLCMS82A exhibiting the highest rate in all five treatments, followed by JLCMS9A and then JLCMS89A. These results suggested that thrips (Sericothrips variabilis) might have some effect on soybean pollination, but did not elicit a major influence based on the low increases in seed production. ...
In 1995 two billion insects were mad as biological pest control, 80% of these were predatory mites against thrips (Table 1). Sweden: downward trend in agricultural pesticide use In Sweden the 1995/96 survey of pesticide use covered arable crops. ...