GrowON Webinar: "Crying Over Onion Thrips? Investigating IPM Tools For a New Greenhouse Pest" with Ashley Summerfield, M.Sc.

Onion thrips outbreaks in greenhouse crops have been on the rise. Unfortunately, typical IPM programs for western flower thrips don’t seem to be as effective for this thrips pest, and we don’t know why. Ashley will discuss the results her Master’s research comparing the efficacy of common thrips IPM tools on onion thrips versus western flower thrips, and what growers should be doing NOW to manage their onion thrips populations. Ashley will also discuss where research on this emerging pest should go from here.

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