Canadian Thrips in Greenhouses & Grow Rooms
September 19, 2024
their piercing and sucking mouthparts which they use to puncture plant tissues and suck out cell contents. Without chlorophyll, the cell and its neighbors die [...] (rolling of the leaf upward and leaf size reduction), and discolorations to the plant's buds, flowers, and young fruit. It feeds on the meristems of the [...] establish in new crops, greenhouses, and regions rapidly. This has created new populations and new sources of infestation and crop loss around the world. How