Plants have developed diverse defence mechanisms to ward off herbivorous pests.
However, agriculture still faces estimated crop yield losses ranging from 25% to 40 …

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 …

Pest monitoring is an important tool for successful integrated pest management
programmes. Blue sticky traps are important for monitoring western flower thrips …

Western flower thrips (WFT), Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), is a highly invasive pest,
infesting many species of plants worldwide, but few studies have investigated the visual and …

Yellow sticky flat traps were cut into six geometrical shapes (square, circle, semi-circle,
diamond, triangle, and inverted triangle) to evaluate their attractiveness to Frankliniella …

Behavioral responses of Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) to
visual and olfactory cues were assessed in a cylindrical black box and a Y-tube …

Thrips hawaiiensis is a common thrips pest that damages the flowers of various plants. The
differing population sizes of T. hawaiiensis among host plants suggest its preference and …

The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), is an increasing problem in
UK strawberry crops. The use of polythene tunnels has provided a more favourable …

Sticky cards with a yellow circle in black background originally developed to attract
anthophilous thrips were also found to attract whiteflies. The potential of the new sticky cards …

Accurately monitoring insect pest populations is essential for optimizing crop production in
greenhouses. This study tested whether modification of yellow sticky traps with either (1) a …