Abundance and distribution of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.) grown in single- and mixed-cropping systems

Autor: Kanitta Pankeaw, Aran Ngampongsai, Surakrai Permkam, Onkamol Rukadee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), Vol 33, Iss 3, Pp 263-269 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0125-3395
Popis: We investigated the abundance and distribution of thrips in a farmer’s mangosteen orchard by comparing single- andmixed-cropping systems at Nakhon Sri Thammarat province, the main planting area in southern Thailand, between April2005 and January 2006. A monitoring program at two-week-intervals was done to measure the number of thrips by usingtwenty yellow sticky traps per each cropping system. The mean number (223.5±23.4 thrips/trap) of thrips throughout theperiod of study in the monocrop mangosteen sites was significantly (P
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