Oscar Liburd Archives - Specialty Crop Industry Vegetable and Specialty Crop News Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:42:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 116110416 Chilli Thrips: Primary Pest of Florida Blueberries https://specialtycropindustry.com/chilli-thrips-primary-pest-of-florida-blueberries/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:30:00 +0000 https://specialtycropindustry.com/?p=23295 By Oscar Liburd and Doug Phillips Over the past few years, chilli thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis) have become the most important insect pest of Florida blueberries, causing substantial injury to plant foliage and typically requiring significant and costly chemical control measures. Chilli thrips have been an economically important pest of vegetable, fruit and ornamental crops throughout Asia, Africa, Oceania the Caribbean ...

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