Thrips Management In Specific Crops

BLUEBERRIES

• Evaluation of Sampling Data to Reduce Frequency of Insecticide Applications for Flower Thrips Control in Commercial Highbrush Blueberry Plantings - G. England and O. Liburd
• Integrated Strategies for Controlling Flower Thrips in Southern Highbush Blueberries - O. Liburd, J. Turner, and P. Lyrene
• Key to the Most Common Species of Thrips Found in Early-Season Blueberry Fields in Florida and Southern Georgia - H. Arevalo, A. Fraulo, O. Liburd
• Thrips Monitoring in Florida Blueberries - G. England, E. Rhodes, O. Liburd, EDIS, UF/IFAS

ORNAMENTALS

• Thrips Management Program for Ornamental Horticulture (225KB pdf) - American Floral Endowment, American Nursery & Landscape Association, IR-4 Project, Society of American Florists, USDA
• Thrips of Ornamentals in the Southeastern U.S. - J., S. Diffie, J. Sharma, EDIS, UF/IFAS
• Thrips on Ornamental Plants - E. Buss, EDIS, UF/IFAS
• Western Flower Thrips Management in Ornamentals (363KB pdf) - Dow AgroSciences

STRAWBERRIES

• Biological Control for Insect Management in Strawberries - S. Rondon, D. Cantliffe, J. Price, EDIS, UF/IFAS
• Effect of Insecticide Rotations on Density and Species Composition of Thrips (Thysanoptera) in Florida Strawberry (Rosales: Rosaceae) - J.D. Cluever, H.A. Smith, C.A. Nagle, J.E. Funderburk, G. Frantz in Florida Entomologist 99(2):203-209 (2016)
• Strawberries: Main Pests and Beneficials in Florida - S. Rondon, J. Price, D. Cantliffe, EDIS, UF/IFAS
• Thrips in Florida Stawberry Crops - J. Cluever, H. Smith, J. Funderburk, G. Frantz, EDIS, UF/IFAS

TOMATOES/PEPPERS/EGGPLANT

• Florida Flower Thrips (281KB pdf)
• Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) Integrated Pest Management Programs for Fruiting Vegetables in Florida - O. Demirozer, K. Tyler-Julian, J. Funderburk, N. Leppla, S. Reitz in Pest Management Science 68:1537-1545 (2012)
• Managing Thrips and Tomato Spotted Wilt in Pepper - J. Funderburk, S. Olson, J. Stavisky, Y. Avila, EDIS, UF/IFAS
• Managing Thrips and Tospoviruses in Tomato - J. Funderburk, S. Adkins, J. Freeman, P. Stansly, H. Smith, G. McAvoy, O. Demirozer, C. Snodgrass, M. Paret, N. Leppla, EDIS, UF/IFAS
• Managing Thrips in Pepper and Eggplant - J. Funderburk, S. Reitz, P. Stansly, D. Schuster, G. Nuessly, N. Leppla, EDIS, UF/IFAS
• Melon Thrips (261KB pdf)
• Tobacco Thrips (284KB pdf)
• Western Flower Thrips (242KB pdf)

 

• Thrips Pest Management