Hot days and dry Santa Ana winds have been the kickoff for chilli thrips season for the past five years in many California rose gardens. The following are the inconvenient truths you need to know ...

Insects are numerous on area landscape plants after a long, productive summer. To check for problem spots walk around weekly and look for insect activity. Check both old and new growth, plant stems ...

A new pest called the chilli thrip has eaten its way out of the Caribbean, crossed Florida and now is taking a bite out of Texas. The plant-chomping bug is creating major challenges for nursery ...

Chilli thrips are becoming a problem for those of us in the South who like to grow roses, and they are showing up on other plants, as well. Do you know an organic solution for this? Spinosad has ...

Q: How do I know if my plants have thrips? My oranges have strange scars on the rind, but I can’t see any bugs. Thrips are tiny (around 1/20 inch long) slender insects that cause mostly cosmetic ...

A: My guess would be the very tiny chilli thrips (unusual spelling of “chilli” is acknowledged). They have become a serious threat to vegetable plantings and nursery crops in the past 20 years. A: ...

After a year’s gap, the dreaded black thrips infestation has surfaced in the chilli crop once again around Ballari, a key growing region for the spices crop in Karnataka, and parts of Rayalaseema in ...

Vijayawada: Insects, mainly chilli thrip, are putting chilli farmers in great distress by destroying their crops across the state. According to reports, thrips have damaged crops over nearly five lakh ...

Seeds major Mahyco has developed a new hybrid chilli that is tolerant to black thrips, an invasive pest that has caused significant concerns for growers in recent years. The thrips-resistant chilli is ...