Biobest group state : " Designed to optimize monitoring , the unexampled Bug - Scan ® Green glutinous yap are proven to be seven times more attractive to Echinothrips than yellow or blue-blooded sticky snare . "
" For a thripid species that rarely aviate , attractive pasty traps are key for effective scouting – an essential part of an efficacious IPM control programme , " say Yannah Cornelis , Product Manager for monitoring and reconnoitering . " Echinothrips americanus Morgan , or ' Echinothrips ' , is rarely found in blossom which is why growers have had to rely on scouting the scummy plant canopy to detect them . The raw Bug - Scan ® Green sticky traps will make discover the pest , and monitoring its build up , well simpler , more time - efficient and honest . "
Wide innkeeper rangeEchinothrips has become a significant nursery pest . Native to easterly North America , it was first confirmed snipe poinsettias , in Georgia , in 1984 . Often consult to as ' poinsettia thrips ' , it has a wide host reach attacking over 45 industrial plant house worldwide , although its main greenhouse hosts are ornamentals , sweet peppers , cucumber and mad apple .
What to look out for"As a foliage - dwelling thripid , Echinothrips are more commonly found on the dispirited , rather than upper , leaf surface , " explains Koen Merkus , IPM and Pollination Specialist . " This plague feed by kowtow the plant surface and consume the plant sap through a stylet , causing silvery gray spots . Infested leaves also tend to have numerous black specks , which is frass bequeath behind by the thrips . "
Challenging to monitorEchinothrips have been observe to fly less often than Western Flower Thrips . As a result , they disseminate more slowly through the crop and are less probable to be found on sticky traps hanging in the crop .
" To maximise monitoring resolution , it is important to optimize the attractiveness of the pasty snare , " says Yannah . " Our trial show the new Bug - Scan ® Green sticky bunker importantly outperform other coloured traps in this respect . To optimize Echinothrips monitoring , we urge fall the green cakehole low down in the crop . "
raw honest & cost - good control come soonTo better Echinothrips control , Biobest soon plans to uncover a young biologic factor . This extremely voracious piranha feeds on all the larval stages , as well as the adults – the long and most detrimental stage . Stay tuned for update on this new product render sustainable and effective control .
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