I-Western Flower Thrips (i-Frankliniella occidentalis) iyinkathazo enkulu ebeka izinsongo eziphawulekayo ekukhiqizweni kwezitshalo emhlabeni wonke, nokulahlekelwa kwezomnotho okufika ezigidini zezigidi zamaRandi ngonyaka. Kulesi sihloko, sizoxoxa ngomjikelezo wempilo nokuziphatha kwe-Western Flower Thrips, kanye namasu okulawula asebenzayo abalimi, izazi zezolimo namahlathi, kanye nonjiniyela bezolimo abangawasebenzisa ukuphatha ukuhlasela kwama-thrips.
Ngokocwaningo lwakamuva, i-Western Flower Thrips iyisilokazana esikwazi ukuzivumelanisa nezimo futhi esihlaselayo esingakhula kalula ukumelana nezibulala-zinambuzane, okwenza kube inselele ukusilawula. Ngaphezu kokudala umonakalo emaqabunga, izimbali, nezithelo zezitshalo ezihlukahlukene, ama-thrips angadlulisela namagciwane ezitshalo amaningana, okwenza umonakalo owenziwe ube mubi nakakhulu. Olunye ucwaningo lwathola ukuthi ukuhlasela kwe-Western Flower Thrips kungaholela ekulahlekelweni kwesivuno okungama-20-30% kuma-strawberry, kanye nokulahlekelwa kwesivuno okungafika ku-80% kutamatisi otshalwe ku-greenhouse.
Ukuze ulawule ngempumelelo ukuhlasela kwe-Western Flower Thrips, kubalulekile ukusebenzisa indlela edidiyelwe yokulawula izinambuzane (IPM) ehlanganisa amasu okulawula ahlukahlukene. Lawa maqhinga angase ahlanganise ukulawulwa kwamasiko njengokushintshaniswa kwezitshalo nokukhucululwa kwendle, kanye nokulawulwa kwezinto eziphilayo ezifana nokusetshenziswa kwezinambuzane ezinenzuzo njengezibungu nama-thrip adla ezinye. Izilawuli zamakhemikhali ezifana nezibulala-zinambuzane nazo zingasetshenziswa, kodwa kubalulekile ukushintshanisa indlela yesenzo ukuvimbela ukukhula kokungazweli.
Sengiphetha, ukuhlasela kwe-Western Flower Thrips kungabangela umonakalo omkhulu ezitshalweni, okuholela ekulahlekelweni okukhulu komnotho kubalimi kanye nezazi zezolimo namahlathi. Kodwa-ke, ngokusetshenziswa kwendlela edidiyelwe yokulawula izinambuzane, kungenzeka ukulawula ukuhlasela kwama-thrips ngempumelelo. Ngokwamukela inhlanganisela yokulawula kwamasiko, kwebhayoloji, kanye namakhemikhali, abalimi nezazi zezolimo namahlathi banganciphisa kakhulu umonakalo odalwe yi-Western Flower Thrips futhi bavikele izitshalo zabo ekulimaleni okwengeziwe.
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