The industrial revolution, globalization and international trade liberalization are some of the
important events that have afforded vast opportunities for invasive insect species to establish …

The invasive chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood poses a significant risk to many food and
ornamental crops in the Caribbean, Florida and Texas. We evaluated two species of …

Invasive arthropods pose unique management challenges in various environments, the first
of which is correct identification. This apparently mundane task is particularly difficult if …

Plant biosecurity activities in the United states fall along a continuum ranging from offshore
activities to the management of newly established exotic pests. For each step in the …

Change in climate is producing worldwide disturbance in patterns of rainfall, temperature,
and increase in unpredictable, uncertain weather conditions, and it has an important impact …

Commercial strains of entomopathogenic fungi were evaluated for control of chilli thrips,
Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), an invasive pest of ornamental and …

Abstract Chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, is a cryptic species complex of at least 9
species, 2 of which (South Asia 1 and East Asia 1) have been confirmed damaging> 50 …

Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae)(hereafter
Schinus), is one of the worst invasive species in Florida and Hawaii. The thrips …

In the United States, pest risk maps are used by the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey for
spatial and temporal targeting of exotic plant pest detection programs. Methods are …

This chapter describes the application of ILCYM (Insect Life Cycle Modelling) software,
which supports the development of process-oriented temperature-driven and age-stage …