Thrips

Contributor: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries
Date Compiled: 2025
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Prevention

Solution Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale)
Use healthy plants
Planting
Crop rotations

Monitoring

Solution
Threshold: presence of the virus.

Control

Regulations surrounding biological products can change rapidly – always verify products recommended here with the most recent legislation and lists of products registered for your country
Solution Product Category Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale) Max nb. of a. i. application/year Application Details and Notes (commercial product example) Chemical Group
Safeguard natural populations of predatory mirids.
Azadirachtin
Biological insecticide
Azadirachtin
Spinosad
Biological insecticide
Spinosine
Beauveria bassiana strain ATCC 74040
Microbiological insecticide
3 - 5
(NATURALIS® ) Dosage: 0,75 - 1 l/ha
Beauveria bassiana strain GHA
Microbiological insecticide
BBCH 10 - 85
6
(BOTANIGARD ® ) Dosage: 125 ml/Hl
Orange essential oil
6
(LIMOCIDE® ) Dosage: 4 l/ha
Metarhizium brunnneum strain Ma43
Microbiological insecticide
Paecilomyces fumosoroseus strain FE 9901
Microbiological insecticide
The information made available here has been obtained from or is based upon sources believed by CABI to be reliable but is not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness. Anyone acting or relying on such information does so entirely at their own risk. The efficacy of the IPM methods included above will depend on local conditions and might not always be suitable everywhere within the specified country.