Revue bibliographique et premières observations en Guadeloupe sur Thrips palmi Karny

Abstract

Photocopy. In French. This paper reviews present knowledge concerning Thrips palmi Karny, a dangerous pest of eggplant and cucurbit crops in French West Indies (Guadeloupe and Martinique (with information on its economic incidence in these islands. It summarizes the data relative to the distribution and host plants of this species all over the world. The damage it causes is described and the tolerable pest densities on eggplant, sweet pepper and cucumber are given with some information on its ecology on these crops. It underlines also current knowledge on its biology (life history, effect of host plant and temperature), ecology and on the various means of control that have been tested in different countries. Indications are given on mass and experimental rearing methods. These dara are completed with the first observations in Guadeloupe. Eggplant Cucurbit Sweet Pepper Cucumber Zoogeography Ecology Life Hist..... Ecology; Environmental Biology-Animal [07508] External Effects-Temperature as a Primary Variable (1971- ) [10614] Horticulture-Vegetables [53008] Pest Control, General; Pesticides; Herbicides [54600] Economic Entomology-Field, Flower and Truck Crops [60004] Economic Entomology-Chemical and Physical Control, General; Apparatus [60016] Animal Distribution (1971- ) [62800] Invertebrata, General and Systematic Zoology-Insecta-Other Orders [63590] Invertebrata, Comparative and Experimental Morphology, Physiology and Pathology-Insecta-Pathology [64078] Biosystematic Codes/Super Taxonomic Groups: Cucurbitaceae [25890] Solanaceae [26775] Thysanoptera [75350] Spermatophytes Dicots Arthropods Vascular Plants Plants Angiosperms Invertebrates Animals Insects; Inra, Station De Zoologie E De Lutte Biologique, Centre De Recherches Des Antilles Et De La Guyane, B.P. 1232, 97184 Pointe-A-Pitre Cedex.