Early cotton cultivation presents challenges such as slow growth and susceptibility to pests like thrips. Factors like low temperatures can delay early cotton growth, sometimes requiring ...

Biology, crop injury, and management of thrips in cotton seedlings. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 25, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 09 / 110909141633.htm ...

Anyone who grows cotton knows thrips are certain to make an appearance in the crop. Jeremy Greene, an entomologist at the Clemson Edisto Research and Education Center, said these are the most ...

Cotton is known as “white gold” due to its ... the existing varieties are not resilient against sucking pests such as whitefly, thrips & jassid and chewing pests like pink bollworms.

Chilli or red pepper is a well known commercial condiment crop grown all over India. Thrips infestation is a persistent problem for chillies. Severe infestation leads to 30-50 per cent yield loss.