Now I detect beneficial insects in Prunus Mume field, I found many Orius spp., I also found Thrips in Prunus Mume bloom, I don't know if Thrips are serious pests for Prunus Mume, could anyone give me some message about this.
Thanks for your help!
This camera insects piercing-sucking mouthparts, feeding mainly juices and plant tissues. At the same time cause damage to various crop plants. While in the cultivation of pot plants in apartments and balconies with a diagnosis of pests such as greenhouse whitefly (popularly called white bow fly low ), aphids and scale insects, usually do not have a problem, it is a recognition of thrips quite embarrassing.
Severity: larvae and adult forms sucking the sap from the leaves, stalks and leaf sheaths and ears. But różówek thrips feeds mainly on flowers and flower buds, causing dieback flower buds or deformation. Sometimes it can also be found on the leaves and stems.
Fighting wciornastkami is quite difficult, because the insects multiply quickly and efficiently spread, and because of the small size, it is hard to notice them in time. Many are also resistant to chemical agents. Since, however, a major threat to plants, you should use all available means to prevent their spread. The best results in the protection of plants against wciornastkami by a combination of methods of prevention, biological and chemical.
Prophylaxis for thrips consists primarily of plant debris thorough destruction of other post-harvest use for growing healthy planting material, crop rotations compliance, conduct frequent inspections of plants, spraying insecticide formulations plant crops, destruction of tubers and other heavily affected by pest plant parts, and maintenance of in greenhouses proper humidity (dry air favors pest). Under cover in the fight against thrips can also help one of its natural enemies such. Dobroczynek wielożerny (Neoseiulus cucumeris), dobroczynek greenhouse (Phytoseiulus persimilis) or dziubałeczek wielożerny (Orius laevigatus), feeding on different developmental stages of the pest.
Distinguish between phytophagous and predatory Thrips before acting. You find excellent specialists for Thrips taxonomy at Wageningen Agricultural University, Entomology Department, Holland. They send identification literature and help identify if you visit them.
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