Red rust thrips in smallholder organic export banana in Latin America and the Caribbean: pathways for control, compatible with organic certification

Since 2010, red rust thrips (RRT) have become a serious pest in organic export banana plantations, causing yield losses of 30-40%. Although RRT blemishes on banana peel are only cosmetic, exporters apply zero tolerance. During 2014-2017, FONTAGRO co-financed studies on measures to reduce RRT damage...

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Main Authors:	Arias de López, M., Corozo Ayovi, R.E., Delgado, R., Osorio, B., Moyón, D., Rengifo, D., Suárez, P., Paulino, A., Medrano, S., Sanchez, L., Rojas Llanque, Juan Carlos, Vegas, U., Alburqueque, D., Staver, C., van Tol, R., Clercx, L.
Format:	info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
Language:	Inglés
Published:	ISHS 2025
Subjects:	organic banana biological control of thrips bio-insecticides https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.04.00 Banana orgánica; Control biológico; Trips; Bioinsecticidas
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2741 https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2020.1272.19