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Monitoring thrips species with yellow sticky traps in astringent persimmon orchards in Korea

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Thrips are one of the insect pests of persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) in the major production areas of astringent persimmon in Korea. We surveyed astringent persimmon orchards in the Damyang, Sangju and Cheongdo regions of Korea to determine thrips species composition and abundance. Orchards sprayed with either organic or conventional pesticides were sampled over the course of one flowering season, using yellow sticky traps to determine if this is a suitable method for monitoring thrips populations, and to determine thrips species composition and abundance. Eight thrips species were captured on yellow sticky traps in both the tree canopy and ground cover: Ponticulothrips diospyrosi Haga et Okajima, Scirtothrips dorsalis (Hood), Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), F. intonsa (Trybom), Thrips tabaci (Lindeman), T. hawaiiensis (Morgan), T. coloratus (Schmutz) and T. palmi (Karny). In all regions, F. occidentalis and F. intonsa dominated in both organic and conventional orchards. S. dorsalis, F. occidentalis, F. intonsa and T. hawaiiensis were found in persimmon flowers, with S. dorsalis the dominant thrips. Significantly more S. dorsalis were captured from flowers in the lower and middle canopy than in flowers from the upper canopy. Fruit damage was also significantly higher in fruit from the lower canopy than in fruit from the middle and upper canopy.

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We would like to thank the staff of the Disease and Pest Research Laboratory, Pear Research Institute, Naju, Republic of Korea, for their help with sampling, and the growers for allowing us to conduct experiments on their farms. This study was carried out with the support of the Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea (Project no. PJ11697012016). English editing by Van Driesche Scientific Editing.

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  1. Md. Abdul Alim and Janghoon Song contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Pear Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Naju, RDA, 58216, Republic of Korea

    Md. Abdul Alim, Janghoon Song, Ho-Jin Seo & Jang-Jeon Choi

  2. Department of Entomology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, 5200, Bangladesh

    Md. Abdul Alim

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Alim, M.A., Song, J., Seo, HJ. et al. Monitoring thrips species with yellow sticky traps in astringent persimmon orchards in Korea. Appl Entomol Zool 53, 75–84 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-017-0530-z

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