Webcast On Thrips Control On Tomatoes

Posted by Paul Rusnak|September 19, 2012

As the primary vector for tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), thrips are an important pest to keep at bay. This latest Focus on Tomato presentation, produced by The Plant Management Network (PMN) will help consultants, growers, and other practitioners in the southern and western U.S. manage thrips and suppress virus incidence.

This talk, authored by Dr. George Kennedy, agriculture and entomology department head at North Carolina State University, covers:
– The biology of thrips and factors affecting their abundance
– Some background information on TSWV
– The roles of the tobacco thrips and western flower thrips in spread of TSWV
– The use of insecticides, reflective plastic mulch, Actigard, and TSWV resistant cultivars in the management of thrips

Click here to view this presentation, which is open access through Dec. 31, 2012.

Focus on Tomato is a publication of PMN, a nonprofit online publisher whose mission is to enhance the health, management, and production of agricultural and horticultural crops. It achieves this mission through applied, science-based resources. PMN is jointly managed by the American Society of Agronomy, American Phytopathological Society, and Crop Science Society of America.