The team focused on one pest, the onion thrips (Thrips tabaci). This insect is highly resistant to insecticides and causes extensive damage to a range of important crops worldwide, by eating them ...

Thrips will overwinter on these plants. Spinosad is a spray that can be used and may penetrate down to the petals in a bud. It will kill the thrips. Spray all sides of the plant. Also, 100% pure ...

Supplementing with a foliar spray will help growers through the first few weeks of the season, regarded as the most critical stage for suppressing thrips pressure. Growers with a history of high ...

Leaf-feeding insects are a part of life in the Peninsula's rich horticultural landscape. The region's mild Mediterranean ...

This discovery sheds light on the biodiversity and biogeography of thrips and many other groups of insects during a time when ...

Spinosad is commonly used to control insect pests including thrips, leafminers, spider mites, mosquitoes, ants and fruit flies, in both commercial and domestic settings. "Within a matter of 20 ...

Recent rainfall and hailstorm in UP threaten mango crops with pest infestation. Experts advise farmers on controlling fruit ...

Some bugs chew on leaves, others suck out a plant’s juices. The thrips parvispinus scratches the flesh and slurps, scratches and slurps, scratches and slurps. The nearly invisible invader from ...

The recent rainfall, hailstorm and gusty winds are likely to cause pest infestation in mango crops across parts of Uttar ...