The Plant Management Network (PMN) has launched a new presentation in its Focus on Tomato webcast resource. This webcast is titled “Thrips as Pests and Vectors of Tospoviruses in Tomato” by George Kennedy, Professor of Agriculture and Entomology Department Head at North Carolina State University.
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Phil Bogdan
Plant Management Network
New Thrips Webcast Featured in Focus on Tomato
As the primary vector for Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV), thrips are an important pest to keep at bay.
This latest Focus on Tomato presentation, produced by The Plant Management Network will help consultants, growers, and other practitioners in the southern and western U.S. manage thrips and suppress virus incidence.
This talk, authored by Dr. George Kennedy, Professor of Agriculture and Entomology Department Head at North Carolina State University, covers&
– The biology of thrips and factors affecting their abundance
– Some background information on TSWV
– The roles of the tobacco thrips and western flower thrips in spread of TSWV
– The use of insecticides, reflective plastic mulch, Actigard, and TSWV resistant cultivars in the management of thrips
This presentation is open access through December 31, 2012 and can be viewed at http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/edcenter/seminars/tomato/ThripsTomato/.
Users can view other recent webcasts in the Focus on Tomato resource at http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/fot.
Focus on Tomato is a publication of the Plant Management Network (PMN), a nonprofit online publisher whose mission is to enhance the health, management, and production of agricultural and horticultural crops. It achieves this mission through applied, science-based resources. PMN is jointly managed by the American Society of Agronomy, American Phytopathological Society, and Crop Science Society of America.
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