Economic Pest Thrips: Biology, Ecology, and Population Genetics
This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Molecular Biology and Genomics".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thrips, as the species of the Insect Order of Thysanoptera are usually called, have captivated the attention of applied entomologists in recent decades as several of them have been recognized as major harmful insects to the main crops in horticulture, floriculture, and open field orchards. Moreover, the intensive global trade is favoring their spread, and many polyphagous thrips are now being recorded as quarantine species. This Special Issue will focus on recent studies and review key subject areas in thrips biology and ecology, as well as molecular support to species identification and genetics studies of natural populations, in order to provide further knowledge for their control.
Dr. Rita Marullo
Dr. Gregorio Vono
Dr. Carmelo Peter Bonsignore
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Thrips
- Pest species
- Biology
- Ecology
- Natural populations
- Quarantine-introduced species
- Population genetics
- Species identification
- Molecular biology
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Published Papers
Insects - ISSN 2075-4450