Year : 2023, Volume : 85, Issue : 4
First page : ( 1009) Last page : ( 1011)
Print ISSN : 0367-8288. Online ISSN : 0974-8172. Published online : 2023 December 04.
Article DOI : 10.55446/IJE.2021.354

A New Host Record for the Invasive Thrips Thrips parvispinus Karny from India

Amutha M^*, Rachana R R¹

ICAR- Central Institute for Cotton Research, Regional Station, Coimbatore641003, Tamil Nadu, India

¹ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru560024, Karnataka, India

^*Email: amuento@yahoo.co.in (corresponding author)

Online Published on 04 January, 2024.

Received:  June,  2021; :  December,  2021; Accepted:  December,  2021; :  March,  2022.

Abstract

The present study on the diversity of thrips on cotton in Tamil Nadu revealed the occurrence of the invasive species Thrips parvispinus Karny during kharif 2019-20. The thrips were found to occur on Gossypium barbadens variety Suvin. The diagnostics of this species are illustrated herein. The status of new record is also discussed.

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