A new harmful thrips species in orange in Antalya Province: Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

Autor: Serkan Pehlivan, Ekrem Atakan
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Volume: 34, Issue: 3 273-277
Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences
ISSN: 2528-9675
Popis: This study discusses the damage of an invasive insect species chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on orange trees cv. Washington in the Finike district of Antalya Province, Turkey in 2021. This harmful thrips species was recorded for the first time in a citrus grove in Turkey. Thrips cause inward curling of fresh leaves on the young shoots and also necrosis, mostly silvery-white. The biology, ecology, and control of this species are briefly given.
Databáze: OpenAIRE