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Management of Onion Thrips (Thrips tabaci) in Organic Onion Production Using Multiple IPM Tactics.

ABSTRACT: Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman) is a major pest in organic onion production and effective integrated pest management strategies are lacking. Our objective was to evaluate combinations of semi-glossy ("Rossa di Milano" and B5336AxB5351C) and waxy ("Bradley") onion cultivars with reflective mulch, with or without biopesticides (spinosad + neem oil tank mix), to manage T. tabaci in organic onion production. Thrips densities were assessed weekly and bulbs graded and weighed at harvest. Onions sprayed with spinosad + neem oil had fewer T. tabaci (adults: 74% (2019); larvae: 40% (2018), 84% (2019) and produced higher yields (13% (2018), 23% (2019)) than onions that were unsprayed, regardless of mulch type or onion cultivar. "Rossa di Milano" had relatively fewer adult and larval thrips populations compared with "Bradley" (21% (2018), 32% (2019)) and B5336AxB5351C. However, "Rossa di Milano" had the lowest marketable yield in both years. Reflective mulch reduced densities on certain dates in both years compared to white mulch, but the largest and most consistent reduction only occurred in 2019. Reflective mulch had no impact on bulb yield. While spinosad + neem oil reduced thrips numbers and increased yield alone, none of the treatment combinations were effective at suppressing populations of thrips. Future T. tabaci management in organic onions will require optimization of the available effective biopesticides.

SUBMITTER: Iglesias L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8000123 | biostudies-literature |

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