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15 October 2019 Thrips carthami Shumsher (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on Apple from Kashmir, India
Abid Showkat, Sheikh Bilal Ahmad, Sajad Hussain Mir, Ishtiyaq A. Khan, Parveena Bano, Zakir Showkat
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Abstract

A survey was conducted in various districts of the Kashmir valley in India to assess the diversity of thrips species on apple in summer during the year 2016-17. Samples of flower clusters containing thrips were collected from apple, and the thrips identified to species. The results revealed that only one species of thrips, Thrips carthami Shumsher, was associated with apple. Information on the taxonomy and distribution is provided.

Abid Showkat, Sheikh Bilal Ahmad, Sajad Hussain Mir, Ishtiyaq A. Khan, Parveena Bano, and Zakir Showkat "Thrips carthami Shumsher (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on Apple from Kashmir, India," Entomological News 128(5), 504-507, (15 October 2019). https://doi.org/10.3157/021.128.0509
Received: 29 May 2018; Accepted: 11 January 2019; Published: 15 October 2019
KEYWORDS
apple
distribution
Kashmir Valley
taxonomy
Thrips carthami Shumsher
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