In agricultural ecosystems, insect pests, pathogens, weather patterns, and reduced soil
fertility pose major challenges to crop productivity and are responsible for significant yield …

Thrips attack a number of vegetable crops particularly onion thrips causing considerable
economic damage on onion crops. Usually young leaves are preferred, but buds and …

Bulb crops are best suited as a tropical crop. Onion is popularly called as †œQueen of
Kitchen†as it is used as food, salad, spice, condiment and in medicine. Garlic is used as a …

The harmonious integration of two agroecological methods, namely intercropping and
organic fertilization, illustrates a sustainable approach that not only boosts crop productivity …

Endophytic fungi colonize healthy plant tissues and can in some cases induce systemic
resistance to the host against biotic and abiotic stresses. In our previous study, Hypocrea lixii …

Thrips tabaci is worldwide distributed polyphagous pest infesting approximately 140 plant
species and is major pest of onion. T. tabaci transmitted IYSV and caused up to 100 …

Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, a primary insect pest of onions, Allium cepa L.,
worldwide, reduces yield and transmits a devastating Tospovirus, Iris yellow spot virus …

Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) vectored by Thrips tabaci threatens profitable onion production
in eastern Africa. Host plant resistance is considered to be the first line of defence against …

Two field experiments were conducted in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia in the hot and
cool dry seasons of 2016/2017 with the objective to develop an insecticide resistance …

The present study unveils the intricate details on the morphology of thrips through optical,
field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE‐SEM) and mitochondrial cytochrome …