Open AccessA new lure for Thrips major
Author(s) -
D.A.J. Teulon,
M-C. Nielsen,
W.J. de Kogel,
R.W.H.M. van Tol,
M.M. Davidson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand weed and pest control conference/new zealand plant protection/proceedings of the ... national weeds conference/proceedings of the new zealand weed control conference/proceedings of the new zealand plant protection conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0370-2804
pISSN - 0370-0968
DOI - 10.30843/nzpp.2008.61.6856
Subject(s) - thrips , biology , pest analysis , greenhouse , crop , horticulture , western flower thrips , agronomy , toxicology , thripidae
The addition of either a prototype lure or a commercially available lure LUREMTR increased capture of the pest Thrips major Uzel on sticky traps in a commercial greenhouse and an outdoor crop in the Netherlands This pest species is widespread throughout Europe but has not yet been confirmed present in New Zealand In greenhouses of capsicum sticky traps with a prototype lure caught between 12 to 60 times more T major compared to traps without the prototype lure In an outdoor crop of leek traps with the commercial lure LUREMTR caught between 2 to 13 times more T major than traps without the lure Thrips major breeds on a range of flowering plants and has been implicated in fruit loss in nectarine peach and strawberries Thrips major can cause extensive damage through feeding and ovipositioning although it has not been found to vector tospoviruses