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The bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips sjostedti, is a key pest of cowpea for much of the dry savanna region of West Africa. Host plant resistance breeding against this pest has been only partially successful. Emphasis should now be placed on identifying the reasons for ecological imbalances that lead to pest problems. This will lead to environmentally and economically sound means to keep pest populations from reaching damaging levels. Ecosystem analysis has yielded insights into the key interactions within the bean flower thrips pest system. Hypotheses about control measures have been generated, such as the use of wild host plants as trap plants or reservoirs for the thrips and its natural enemies.
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van de Klashorst, G., Tamò, M. (1995). Ecologically Sustainable Management of Bean Thrips in Africa. In: Parker, B.L., Skinner, M., Lewis, T. (eds) Thrips Biology and Management. NATO ASI Series, vol 276. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1409-5_60
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