In greenhouse ornamental crops, western flower thrips (WFT), Frankliniella occidentalis, is one of the most economically important and challenging pests to control. Insecticide resistance, worker health and safety considerations and a lack of effective new chemistries have provided incentive to increase the use of biological control agents. One of these biocontrol agents, the insidious flower bug, Orius insidiosus (Orius), is an excellent predator of WFT, and provides good control in greenhouse vegetable crops, such as sweet peppers.
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