Thrips (Thysanoptera) are small insects that can cause huge problems in agriculture,
horticulture, and forestry through feeding and the transmission of plant viruses. They …

Vegetables are one of the important crops which could alleviate poverty and malnutrition
among the smallholder farmers in tropical Asia and Africa. However, a plethora of pests limit …

BACKGROUND Thrips, Megalurothrips usitatus, usually display aggregation behavior,
which is probably mediated by a male‐produced aggregation pheromone. Aggregation …

Currently, there are a total of 15 thrips species in the genus Megalurothrips (Thysanoptera:
Thripidae). Megalurothrips sjostedti Trybom and Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall) are the …

Chapter 4 Page 1 http://dx.doi.org/10.19103/AS.2020.0073.05 © Burleigh Dodds Science
Publishing Limited, 2020. All rights reserved. Chapter 4 Advances in the use of …

Maize lethal necrosis is one of the most devastating diseases of maize causing yield losses
reaching up to 90% in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is caused by a combination of maize …

Aggregation of the bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips sjostedti (Trybom)(Thysanoptera:
Thripidae), has been observed on cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. To understand the …

Methyl isonicotinate is one of several patented 4-pyridyl carbonyl compounds being
investigated for a variety of uses in thrips pest management. It is probably the most …

Simple Summary Over the past two decades, researchers around the world have conducted
studies to identify volatile compounds that serve as attractants for one of the most important …

The compatibility of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae ICIPE 30 which
was proved to be pathogenic to adult Spoladea recurvalis, and phenylacetaldehyde (PAA) …