Screen Porosity and Exclusion of Pest in Greenhouse Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Escamirosa-Tinoco, Cirenio; Martínez-Gutiérrez, Gabino Alberto; Bolaños, Teodulfo Aquino; Sánchez, David

doi:10.3958/059.039.0321

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“…15 WFT incidence in protected tomato was reduced by 20% using greenhouse window screens. 16 A combination of a positive-pressure force ventilation system with insect-proof screens did not prevent greenhouse invasion by thrips. 17 UV-reflective mulch repelled WFT colonising adults through interruption of orientation and host-finding behaviour.…”

Section: Cultural Mechanical and Physical Control Of Wftmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated pest management in western flower thrips: past, present and future

Mouden

Sarmiento

Klinkhamer

et al. 2017

Pest Management Science

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Western flower thrips (WFT) is one of the most economically important pest insects of many crops worldwide. Recent EU legislation has caused a dramatic shift in pest management strategies, pushing for tactics that are less reliable on chemicals. The development of alternative strategies is therefore an issue of increasing urgency. This paper reviews the main control tactics in integrated pest management (IPM) of WFT, with the focus on biological control and host plant resistance as areas of major progress. Knowledge gaps are identified and innovative approaches emphasised, highlighting the advances in ‘omics’ technologies. Successful programmes are most likely generated when preventive and therapeutic strategies with mutually beneficial, cost‐effective and environmentally sound foundations are incorporated. © 2017 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.

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Section: Cultural Mechanical and Physical Control Of Wftmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated pest management in western flower thrips: past, present and future

Mouden

Sarmiento

Klinkhamer

et al. 2017

Pest Management Science

191

136

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“…This assay also provided an opportunity to examine the response of the shelter to larger pests under greenhouse conditions. The tomato leaf miner is one of the largest pests that permeate conventional woven insect nets (with a 1-2 mm mesh size) (Antibnus et al, 1998;Tinoco et al, 2014). In the non-electrified (control) shelter, we found that some seedlings were infested with both whiteflies and tomato leaf miner larvae; the upper leaves showed signs of whitefly infestation, and lower leaves of leaf miners (data not shown).…”

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confidence: 84%

An Electrostatic Nursery Shelter for Raising Pest and Pathogen Free Tomato Seedlings in an Open-Window Greenhouse Environment

Takikawa¹,

Matsuda²,

Nonomura³

et al. 2016

JAS

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The electrostatic nursery shelter reported in this work was a transparent film-covered rectangular box with three electric field screens on each of the long sides of the box. This arrangement prevents flying pests and airborne fungal pathogens from entering the nursery space. Insulated conducting wires (ICWs) were used as electrodes to create electric fields. The ICWs were arrayed in parallel, and linked to direct-current voltage sources. The ICW layers were negatively or positively charged with equal voltages to form dipoles; i.e., ICW(–) and ICW(+). The electric field screen consisted of three layers of the ICWs; i.e., an ICW(–) layer on either side of an ICW(+) layer. Four species of major tomato pests were used in a blowing assay: whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci), western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis), green peach aphids (Myzus persicae) and tomato leaf miner flies (Liriomyza sativae). The ICWs were located to capture test pests that were mechanically blown into the electric-field screen. The electrostatic force to capture the insects was directly proportional to the applied voltage, and at voltages of 1.2 kV or greater, the screen exerted sufficient force to capture all of the test pests. An assay in a pest-infested greenhouse revealed that the ICWs captured all the pests that approached the screen, and the plants within the shelter remained pest-free. In addition, we show that the electric-field-screened shelter remained spore-free in the presence of continuous exposure to the conidia of tomato powdery mildew (Oidium neolycopersici).

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“…It was reported by Tinoco et al . () that using appropriate mesh size screens on greenhouse windows would reduce the incidence of F. occidentalis by 20% in protected tomatoes. Because thrips find suitable host plants by utilizing different cues, including visual cues in the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum (Terry, ), using materials that reflect UV radiation can obscure their host‐locating cues.…”

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A global invasion by the thrip, Frankliniella occidentalis: Current virus vector status and its management

Guo

Reitz

et al. 2019

Insect Science

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Western flower thrip, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), is among the most economically important agricultural pests globally, attacking a wide range of vegetable and horticultural crops. In addition to causing extensive crop damage, the species is notorious for vectoring destructive plant viruses, mainly belonging to the genera Orthotospovirus, Ilarvirus, Alphacarmovirus and Machlomovirus. Once infected by orthotospoviruses, thrips can remain virulent throughout their lifespan and continue transmitting viruses to host plants when and wherever they feed. These irruptive viral outbreaks in crops will permanently disrupt functional integrated pest management systems, and typically require a remedial treatment involving insecticides, contributing to further development of insecticide resistance. To mitigate against this continuing cycle, the most effective management is early and comprehensive surveillance of the pest species and recognition of plant viruses in the field. This review provides information on the pest status of F. occidentalis, discusses the current global status of the viruses vectored by this thrip species, examines the mechanisms involved in transmitting virus-induced diseases by thrips, and reviews different management strategies, highlighting the potential management tactics developed for various cropping systems. The early surveillance and the utilization of potential methods for control of both F. occidentalis and viruses are proposed.

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Screen Porosity and Exclusion of Pest in Greenhouse Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Integrated pest management in western flower thrips: past, present and future

Integrated pest management in western flower thrips: past, present and future

An Electrostatic Nursery Shelter for Raising Pest and Pathogen Free Tomato Seedlings in an Open-Window Greenhouse Environment

A global invasion by the thrip, Frankliniella occidentalis: Current virus vector status and its management

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