Shifts in Western Flower Thrips,Frankliniella occidentalis(Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Population Abundance and Crop Damage
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Population dynamics of western flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in nectarine orchards in British Columbia.
Development of a control strategy for thrips attacking nectarine trees depends on an understanding of their phenology, distribution, and life history as related to characteristics of nectarine orchards. To this end, we compared the overwintering behavior, distribution, and abundance of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), among 11 nectarine orchards located in the dry c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Florida Entomologist
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0015-4040,1938-5102
DOI: 10.1653/024.092.0106