Populations of several thrips species were estimated using yellow sticky traps in an orchard planted with mango, Mangifera indica L. during the dry and wet seasons beginning in late 2008–2009 on Penang Island, Malaysia. To determine the efficacy of using sticky traps to monitor thrips populations, we compared weekly population estimates on yellow sticky traps with thrips population sizes that were determined (using a CO2 method) directly from mango panicles. Dispersal distance and direction of thrips movement out of the orchard also were studied using yellow sticky traps placed at three distances from the edge of the orchard in four cardinal directions facing into the orchard. The number of thrips associated with the mango panicles was found to be correlated with the number of thrips collected using the sticky trap method. The number of thrips captured by the traps decreased with increasing distance from the mango orchard in all directions. Density of thrips leaving the orchard was related to the surrounding vegetation. Our results demonstrate that sticky traps have the potential to satisfactorily estimate thrips populations in mango orchards and thus they can be effectively employed as a useful tactic for sampling thrips.
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1 August 2011
Evaluation of Yellow Sticky Traps for Monitoring the Population of Thrips (Thysanoptera) in a Mango Orchard
Hamaseh Aliakbarpour,
Che Salmah Md. Rawi
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Environmental Entomology
Vol. 40 • No. 4
August 2011
Vol. 40 • No. 4
August 2011
flight dispersal
Mangifiera indica
thrips
yellow sticky trap