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- Title
Special issue on novel management tactics for the Western flower thrips.
- Authors
Gao, Yulin; Reitz, Stuart R.
- Abstract
The Western flower thrips (WFT), Frankliniella occidentalis, is a major threat to a wide range of agricultural crops and rapidly spreads throughout the world. Its international importance as a pest has led to tremendous growth in our knowledge of its biology, ecology, and novel approaches for its management. Unfortunately, the literature on WFT is widely dispersed and many researchers, extension specialists, and IPM practitioners are only now becoming aware of WFT, which has meant that management programs are still reliant on intense insecticide use, especially in recently invaded regions. Due to the current high demand in effective and sustainable control tactics for this pest, Journal of Pest Science dedicates a special issue to WFT. This special issue provides a consolidated review of WFT biology and ecology and helps to highlight alternative and novel management techniques to effectively controlling this pest in the future.
- Subjects
THRIPS; FRANKLINIELLA occidentalis; CROPS; ECOLOGY; PEST control; INTEGRATED pest control
- Publication
Journal of Pest Science, 2021, Vol 94, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1612-4758
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s10340-020-01240-8