IPM Website for Thrips

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IPM Website for Thrips
Norm Leppla, Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, Joyce
Merritt and Amanda Hodges UF/IFAS IPM Florida
SPDN
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IPM Florida provides statewide, interdisciplinary
and inter-unit coordination and assistance for
UF/IFAS integrated pest management research
Extension and education faculty
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IPM Florida Website, Thrips Pest Management, News
Release

• Dow AgroSciences temporarily suspended spinosyn
  insecticides (8/12/08)
• Broward County and part of Palm Beach County
• Western flower thrips has developed resistance to
  the active ingredient spinosad
• Resistance caused by long growing season and
  rapid reproductive cycle of thrips
• Suspension necessary to preserve this important
  family of insecticides
• Cooperative education program on IPM, including
  proper insecticide rotation

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http//ipm.ifas.ufl.edu
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Thrips 101

• Overview of Thysanoptera
• Life cycle/history
• Dispersal
• Feeding
• Symptoms
• Collection
• Identification
• References

Thrips 101 By Joe Funderburk There are about
5000 described species of thrips (insects in the
Order Thysanoptera). Most feed on fungi and live
in leaf litter or on dead wood.  The species that
feed on higher plants occur mostly in the Family
Thripidae. This family includes the important
pest species. 
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Thrips Management in Specific Crops

• Western Flower Thrips Management in Ornamentals-
  Dow AgroSciences
• Crop specific information
• Best Management Practices
• Insecticide resistance management

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Insecticides

• Conserve Supplementary Label
• Pest Resistance
• Biorational Insecticides
• Restricted Use Pesticides
• Mode of Action Classification
• Worker Protection Standards
• Pesticide CEUs Available at UF
• Pesticide Information Office
• Agricultural Workers Safety
• Federal Worker Protection Standard

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News Releases

• Florida Takes Swift Action to Counter Thrips
• Resistance in Two Counties- Dow AgroSciences
• Possibilities-
• New publications
• New IPM practices
• New invasive species
• Pesticide resistance information
• New pesticides
• New regulations

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Thrips Specialists Working Group

• Identification and Management
• 15 specialists
• Extension
• 15 specialists
• Industry Management
• 7 specialists
• Education
• 3 specialists

Easy email access to specialists
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Education and Training Activities

• Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting
• Western Flower Thrips Workshop
• Possibilities-
• Symposia
• Field days
• Open houses
• In-service training
• Classroom education
• Advanced diagnostic training

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Enhancing IFAS Guides and Increasing Adoption of
IPM
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This UF/IFAS guide was produced to assist growers
in planning their crops with up front decisions
about pest prevention and management.
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Growers IPM Guide for FloridaTomato Pepper
Production

• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1- Introduction WHY IPM?
• Chapter 2- Tomato Pepper Production
• Chapter 3- Soil Nutrient Management
• Chapter 4- Pest Management
• Chapter 5- Disease Management
• Chapter 6- Weed Management
• Chapter 7- Cultural Physical Cont.
• Chapter 8- Biological Control
• Chapter 9- Chemical Control

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Thrips Links

• Chilli Thrips- Lance Osborne
• http//mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/lso/thripslinks.htm
• Glades Crop Care- Charlie Mellinger
• http//www.gladescropcare.com/
• Florida Plant Diagnostic Network- Amanda Hodges
• http//fpdn.ifas.ufl.edu/
• Southern Plant Diagnostic Network- Amanda Hodges
• http//www.sepdn.org/
• Dow AgroSciences- Tony Weiss
• http//www.dowagro.com/usag/thrips/
• Thrips Management Joe Funderburk
  http//ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/agriculture/vegetables/thr
  ips/index.shtml

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The Future of Pest Management
http//ipm.ifas.ufl.edu