Canadian Thrips in Greenhouses & Grow Rooms
September 19, 2024
in BC strawberry greenhouses, damaging fruits, leaves, and flowers. They oviposit their eggs on or within the fruit and can be found in flowering organs [...] Chili thrips ( Scirtothrips dorsalis). Thrips damage foliage, flowers, and fruit directly with their piercing mouthparts and saw-like ovipositor as well as [...] infestations are at high levels, plants can begin losing leaves, flowers, and fruits. Depending on the type of thrips , damage can be distinct or concentrated