Shifts in western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (thysanoptera: Thripidae), population abundance and crop damage

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-34

  Frantz, Galen ^a   Mellinger, H C ^a  

^a Glades Crop Care Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Frankliniella bispinosa; Frankliniella occidentalis; Orius insidiosus; Pepper; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CROP DAMAGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; THRESHOLD; THRIPS; VEGETABLE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PALM BEACH COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; FRANKLINIELLA BISPINOSA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; ORIUS INSIDIOSUS; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 67649191722     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.092.0106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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