Integrated Management Tactics for Frankliniella Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Field-Grown Pepper

In a 2-yr study, the impacts of different plastic soil mulches, insecticides, and predator releases on Frankliniella thrips and their natural enemies were investigated in field-grown peppers. Ultraviolet light (UV)-reflective mulch significantly reduced early season abundance of adult thrips compare...

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Published in:Journal of economic entomology 2003-08, Vol.96 (4), p.1201-1214
Main Authors: Reitz, Stuart R., Yearby, Erika L., Funderburk, Joseph E., Stavisky, Julianne, Momol, M. Timurp, Olson, Steve M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture - methods
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
biological control agents
Capsicum - growth & development
Capsicum annuum
Control
crop yield
disease incidence
Frankliniella
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Generalities
Geocoris punctipes
HORTICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY
insect control
Insect Control - methods
insect pests
insect vectors
Insecticides
integrated pest management
Larva - growth & development
natural enemies
Orius insidiosus
peppers
Pest Control, Biological
Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection
plastic film mulches
population density
population dynamics
predatory insects
Protozoa. Invertebrates
Seasons
spinosad
Tomato spotted wilt virus
Ultraviolet Rays
ultraviolet-reflective mulches
UV reflective mulch
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Summary:In a 2-yr study, the impacts of different plastic soil mulches, insecticides, and predator releases on Frankliniella thrips and their natural enemies were investigated in field-grown peppers. Ultraviolet light (UV)-reflective mulch significantly reduced early season abundance of adult thrips compared with standard black plastic mulch. This difference diminished as the growing seasons progressed. Late season abundance of thrips larvae was higher in UV reflective mulch compared with black mulch plots. The abundance of the predator Orius insidiosus (Say) was significantly lower in UV-reflective mulch compared with black mulch treatments. Infection of plants with tomato spotted wilt virus, a pathogen vectored by Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), was
ISSN:0022-0493
1938-291X
0022-0493
DOI:10.1603/0022-0493-96.4.1201