Western flower thrips, a serious pest of floricultural crops

Karen L. Robb; Michael P. Perella

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Western flower thrips, a serious pest of floricultural crops

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Karen L. Robb, Michael P. Perella

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Parker, Bruce. L.; Skinner, Margaret; Lewis, Trevor, eds. Towards Understanding Thysanoptera. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-147. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 343-357.

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Abstract

The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), has recently become one of the most serious pest problems facing the ornamental industry (Robb & Parrella 1988). It is polyphagous and has been collected from plants of almost every order of the Spermatophyta in California (Watson 1923, Bailey 1933, Bryan & Smith 1956). However, western flower thrips probably has a greater impact on ornamental crops than any other crop. It attacks essentially all floricultural crops and also transmits the tomato spotted wilt virus to numerous ornamental plants (Best 1968).

Parent Publication

Towards understanding thysanoptera

Citation

Robb, Karen L.; Perella, Michael P. 1991. Western flower thrips, a serious pest of floricultural crops. Parker, Bruce. L.; Skinner, Margaret; Lewis, Trevor, eds. Towards Understanding Thysanoptera. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-147. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 343-357.