Passion-fruit

Guides

• Neohydatothrips

  soybean thrips (N. variabilis), marigold thrips (N. samayunkur)

  Neohydatothrips is the most species-rich genus in the Thripidae subfamily Sericothripinae, with approximately 120 described species. Members are phytophagous thrips that feed and breed on leaves and flowers of diverse host plants. Several species are economically significant agricultural pests and plant virus vectors, including N. variabilis (soybean thrips), which transmits soybean vein necrosis orthotospovirus. The genus has a global distribution with approximately 70% of species occurring in the New World.

  thripsThripidaeSericothripinaephytophagouspestvirus-vectorsoybeanpassion-fruitagricultureintegrated-pest-managementarrhenotokyparthenogenesisclimate-driven-population-dynamicskairomonemass-trapping