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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2016 , Volume 4, Issue 2
Page No. : 221-237
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2246

A Review of the Pest, Tospoviruses Vector Status of Melon Thrips, Thrips palmi and its Natural Enemies for Biological Control

R.R. Rachana^{1, ⃰}, G.T. Jayasimha², and V. Richa³

¹Department of Insect Systematics, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru 560024, India
²Department of Entomology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai 625104, India
³Department of Insect Ecology, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru 560024, India
^*Corresponding Author E-mail: vavarachana@gmail.com
Received: 19.03.2016 | Revised: 28.03.2016 | Accepted: 3.04.2016

ABSTRACT

Thrips palmi Karny, the melon thrips is an economically important pest of various crops,
especially vegetables, has rapidly spread worldwide, but remains absent from Europe.
Moreover, T. palmi tends to be the predominant thrips vector species in tropical and sub-tropical
Asia and transmits several different tospoviruses. Vector status of T. palmi is reviewed and
discussed, primarily in the context of new strains of knowntospoviruses and completely new
tospovirus species continue to be described from various parts of the world and have the
potential to cause damaging epidemics. Successful natural enemies of T. palmi reported from
various countries are also reviewed with an emphasis for the utilization of biological control of the
pest.
Keywords: Thrips palmi; melon thrips; vector; natural enemies; biological control

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Cite this article:

Rachana, R.R., Jayasimha, G.T. and Richa, V., A Review of the Pest, Tospoviruses Vector Status of Melon Thrips, Thrips palmi and its Natural Enemies for Biological Control, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 4(2): 221-237 (2016). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2246

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