1. Keys for Distinguishing Thrips (Thysanoptera) Commonly Found on Slash Pine in Florida
- Author
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Edward P. Merkel, Wayne N. Dixon, and Carl W. Fatzinger
- Subjects
Integrated pest management ,biology ,Agronomy ,Insect Science ,Leptothrips ,Botany ,Slash Pine ,Taxonomy (biology) ,biology.organism_classification ,Seed orchard ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Frankliniella bispinosa ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
The slash pine flower thrips (SPFT), Gnophothrips fuscus (Morgan) commonly damages cone crops of slash pines, Pinus elliottii Engelmann var. elliottii. It occurs in the crowns of seed orchard trees in association with three other species of thrips — Leptothrips pini (Watson), Frankliniella bispinosa (Morgan), and Oxythrips pallidiventris Hood. Pest management strategies are being developed for southern pine seed orchards that rely on the rapid and accurate identification of different species of pests. Two laboratory keys are presented to distinguish the four species of thrips in the laboratory.
- Published
- 1994