Several models have been studied on predictive epidemics of arthropod vectored plant viruses in an attempt to bring understanding to the complex but specific relationship between the three cornered pathosystem (virus, vector and host plant), as well as their interactions with the environment. A large body of studies mainly focuses on weather based models as management tool for monitoring pests ...

Frankliniella occidentalis is a highly destructive and invasive agricultural pest that has developed resistance to variety of insecticide classes. Different planting structures use frequency can directly affect the development F. occidentalis. In this study, susceptibility three field strains occidentalis, collected over one year (April November) from habitat conditions (facility agriculture ar...

The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) attacks a large number of crop plants. The current insecticides have caused resistance in insects and have caused outbreaks of thrips. In many instances, alternative methods of insect management and natural products, offer adequate pest control and pose fewer hazards. Several species of minute pirate bugs of the genus Orius play a...

Members of the genus Ceranisus Walker (Eulophidae, subfamily Entedoninae) are solitary, internal parasitoids of immature stages of thrips (Thysanoptera). The Nearctic species of Ceranisus have been recently revised (Triapitsyn, S. V. & D. H. Headrick. 1995. Trans. Am. Entomo!. Soc., 121(4): 227-248). However, this revision lacks a description of the male of Ceranisus americensis (Girault), a co...

Many pests cause serious economic losses in the carnation cultivation areas Turkey. Western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis Perg. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is harmful on by feeding both leaves and flowers listed as a quarantine pest some exporting countries. Due to invasions of western thrips chemical control measures are traditionally used phytosanitary measure for flower cut carnatio...