Greenhouse Thrips Parasite - Rearing Workshops
Orchardists can now learn how to rear their own parasitic wasps to control greenhouse thrips, a major pest to citrus and avocado fruit. At a series of Rearing Workshops held from the Far North to Gisborne, Karyn Froud demonstrated to growers how ... [... more]
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HortNews - Eastern Flower Thrips Cannot Be Eradicated - MAF
WELLINGTON 19/6/2002 - Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) officials say they have found yet another plant pest which is too widely dispersed to make it worthwhile trying to eradicate it. MAF's technical adviser on plant pest management ... [... more]
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Western Flower Thrips
Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande, 1895) (Thripidae: Thysanoptera) Pronotum with 2 pairs of large setae on anterior margin. Ctenidia present on tergite VIII and it lies anterior to spiracle. Ocellar setae not arising within ocellar triangle. ... [... more]
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