Tuesday, December 11, 2007
D0324

Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on cottons in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas: Species, seasonal population dynamics, damage, and control

Sasha M. Greenberg, Shoil.Greenberg@ars.usda.gov1, Tong-Xian Liu, tx-liu@tamu.edu2, and John J. Adamczyk, jadamczyk@weslaco.ars.usda.gov1. (1) USDA-ARS, Sarc-Biru, 2413 E. Hwy. 83, BIRU-SARC-ARS-USDA, Weslaco, TX, (2) Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University System, Vegetable IPM Laboratory, 2415 E. Highway 83, Weslaco, TX



Species 1: Thysanoptera Thripidae Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips)
Species 2: Thysanoptera Thripidae Thrips tabaci (onion thrips)
Species 3: Thysanoptera Thripidae Caliothrips fasciatus (bean thrips)