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- Title
Flower Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae and Phlaeothripidae) Species Complex on Florida Blackberries and the Effect of Blackberry Cultivar.
- Authors
Rhodes, Elena M.; Liburd, Oscar E.
- Abstract
Blackberries are a relatively new crop to Florida, and little is known about which pests will become key pests in the system. This study was conducted to determine the pest potential of flower thrips in blackberries in Florida. Flower thrips were present in large numbers, particularly in early flowering cultivars. Frankliniella bispinosa Morgan (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) was the dominant species found in blackberries. Flower thrips populations behaved in a density dependent manner with Orius sp. (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) populations, so Orius sp. may be an important predator of flower thrips in this system.
- Subjects
THRIPS; BLACKBERRIES; AGRICULTURAL pests; FRANKLINIELLA; PLANT variety protection
- Publication
Florida Entomologist (Florida Entomological Society), 2017, Vol 100, Issue 2, p478
- ISSN
0015-4040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1653/024.100.0212