Canadian Thrips in Greenhouses & Grow Rooms
September 19, 2024
become an up-and-coming pest in North America appearing in places like Hawaii in the early 2000s, Florida in 2020, and Canada in 2021. They are feared for [...] growers and clients, often invisibly in the form of eggs deposited in leaf or flower tissue. This is especially evident in tropical and exotic ornamentals where [...] new shoots. In contrast, Poinsettia thrips ( Echinothrips americanus ) often concentrate their damage in older vegetative tissues, lower in the canopy.