Insect Spotlight: Thrips May 16, 2025 - From Issue: 753 By: Leslie Alejandra Aviles Lopez and Laura Ingwell Read More Thrips are soft-bodied insects belonging to the order Thysanoptera. They are tiny, slender, and characterized by their fringed wings (Figure 1). While many thrips species are considered agricultural pests, some[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Thrips
Insect Spotlight: Cucumber Beetles May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Leslie Alejandra Aviles Lopez and Laura Ingwell Read More Striped (Acalymma vitattum; StCB) and, to a lesser extent, spotted (Diabrotica undecimpunctata; SpCB) cucumber beetles are damaging pests on crops in the family Cucurbitaceae (e.g., cucumber, squash, pumpkin, watermelon). These[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Spotlight
Selecting Your Ideal Cucumber Cultivar for High Tunnel Production April 17, 2024 - From Issue: 734 By: Leslie Alejandra Aviles Lopez and Laura Ingwell Read More Over the past two years, we’ve been testing various cucumber cultivars to see which ones are most vulnerable to pests in high tunnel systems. We split the cucumbers into two[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: High Tunnels Pests and Pest Management – General
Mite Insect Survey August 28, 2023 - From Issue: 726 By: Leslie Alejandra Aviles Lopez and Laura Ingwell Read More If you work or have worked with specialty crops, we are reaching out for your help. To develop a scouting protocol for twospotted spider mite management, we are aiming to[Read More…] Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management IPM
Looking for Collaborators on High Tunnel Spider Mite Project May 31, 2023 - From Issue: 720 By: Laura Ingwell and Leslie Alejandra Aviles Lopez Read More Are you interested in collaborating with Purdue Entomology on the grant “Improving two-spotted spider mite management in high tunnel cucumber production” funded by North Central SARE, Sustainable Agriculture Research and[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels IPM
