Submitted by naipictuasdharwad on Mon, 03/08/2009 - 15:57
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Thrips: Thrips tabaci (Thirpidae:Thysaonoptera)
Description:
- The adults are slender, yellowish brown, 1 mm long.
- The tip of the abdomen is curved and abdominal segments are transversely banded with dark brown lines.
- Males are wingless and females have a long narrow strap like wings, fringed with hairs.
- Nymphs are smaller in size and blackish in colour.
- The eggs are laid in slits in leaf tissues; eggs hatch in 5 days time, nymphal and pupal period lasts for 5 and 4-6 days, respectively.
Damage symptoms:
- White streaks on leaves and complete drying of leaves
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