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Major species of thrips attacking crops in Africa: African bean flower thrips (Megalurothrips sjostedti) Coffee thrips (Diarthrothrips coffeae) Blossom or Cotton bud thrips (Frankliniella schultzei) ISLAMABAD: The cotton zone districts of Punjab have come under pest attack, and the agriculture department has advised growers to carry out pest scouting twice a week. As a result, you typically see the damage they do well before seeing the insects themselves. 0000012440 00000 n
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While thrips can attack and injure cotton plants upto the 4-leaf stage, the threat of yield loss shrinks as the plant gets larger. Uncontrolled, they reduce stands, retard maturity and lower yields. Thrips Thrips attack leaves, leaf buds, and very small squares, causing silvering of the lower leaf surface, deformed or blackened leaves, and loss of the plant terminal. “Cotton growers can be assured thrips will be present every year in South Carolina cotton crops,” Greene said. Since you perfectly understand the impacts of thrips on your crop, yourself and your income as a grower or farmer, you will be inclined to know the ways you can control thrips to prevent their attack on your farm. 0000020227 00000 n
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