| overwintering locations and hosts for onion thrips (thysanoptera: thripidae) in the onion cropping ecosystem in new york. | identifying locations where onion thrips, thrips tabaci lindeman (thysanoptera: thripidae), overwinter and subsequently disperse is important for designing control strategies. in upstate new york from 2003 through 2006, potential overwintering sites in the commercial onion, allium cepa l., cropping system were investigated early in the spring before onion seedling emergence and again late in the season after onions were harvested. onion thrips adults were sampled directly from the soil and indir ... | 2007 | 17849870 |
| impact of abiotic factors on onion thrips (thysanoptera: thripidae) aerial dispersal in an onion ecosystem. | onion thrips, thrips tabaci lindeman, is a significant pest of onion crops worldwide, but little is known about its patterns of aerial dispersal in the context of abiotic environmental factors. thrips tabaci adults were passively collected from the air column above onion fields in western new york using clear sticky cards over a series of sampling periods in 2012, 2013, and 2014 while on-site weather conditions were recorded. results indicated that t. tabaci adult densities on aerial traps durin ... | 2016 | 27477672 |