First notes on plant diversity, finding sites and sex ratio in natural populations of Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Algeria (Biskra province)
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Biologia
Year: 2023

"Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), commonly known as onion thrips, is a serious global pest of commercial onion, causing direct and indirect important damages. This survey carried out in natural areas of Biskra province (Algeria) during two periods, 2008/2009 and 2011/2012, aims to review the plant species harbouring T. tabaci in this region. Algerian and Spanish researchers confirmed twenty-three thrips species. T. tabaci is the most abundant and polyphagous. Studies have indica