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Studies onZaniothrips ricini relating to sexual and parthenogenetic reproduction, life cycle, soil pupation, effect of RH and temperature on pupation as well as the three types of migration (i) plant to soil (ii) soil to plant (iii) plant to plant and within plants are discussed. Periodicity of infestation on the castor plant as well as the alternative hostsDatura stramonium andCalotropis gigantean have also been highlighted. The roles of the mantid predatorHaldwania lilliputana and the larval parasiteCeranisus menes are also indicated.
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Daniel, A.M., Kumar, N.S. & Bakthavatsalam, N. Bioecology ofZaniothrips ricini Bhatti (Panchaetothripinae: Terebrantia: Thysanoptera) — A new thrips pest of castor (Ricinus communis: Euphorbiaceae). Proc Ani Sci 92, 87–94 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03186174
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