Crops: Cotton Insect Pests
Thrips - Thrips tabaci (Thripidae : Thysanoptera)
- Polyphagous & very widely distributed.
- Starting from seedling stage, occurs at all stages of crop growth.
- Very small, slender, yellowish to brownish insects, adults of which have highly fringed wings.
- The eggs are inserted into young leaves. Life cycle is completed in three weeks.
- Both nymphs and adults lacerate the underside of leaf tissues and imbibe the oozing sap. Leaves loose the natural lustre and may show uneven surface
- High temperatures with low rainfall favours multiplication.
