Thrips Palmi, nke a makwaara dị ka Melon Thrips, bụ obere ahụhụ nwere ike imebi ihe ọkụkụ nke egusi. N'isiokwu a, anyị ga-enyocha usoro ndụ, omume, na atụmatụ nlekọta nke Thrips Palmi, yana mmetụta ya na mmepụta egusi.
Dị ka Òtù Na-ahụ Maka Nri na Ọrụ Ugbo (FAO) si kwuo, Thrips Palmi bụ nnukwu ahụhụ na mpaghara okpomọkụ na ebe okpomọkụ, a na-ewerekwa ya dị ka otu n'ime ahụhụ na-emebi ihe ọkụkụ kucurbit, gụnyere melons. Thrips Palmi nwere ike imebi akwụkwọ, ifuru, na mkpụrụ osisi egusi, yana ibunye nje nwere ike ibute mmebi ọzọ.
Thrips Palmi nwere obere okirikiri ndụ nke ihe dịka ụbọchị 12-18, nke ọ na-agafe n'ọtụtụ ọkwa, gụnyere akwa, nwa ahuhu, pupa, na okenye. Ndị okenye thrips dị obere (ihe na-erughị 2mm n'ogologo) na odo na agba aja aja. Ha na-eri nri na sap nke osisi ahụ ma na-amụba ngwa ngwa, na-eduga n'ọgba aghara buru ibu.
Iji jikwaa Thrips Palmi, enwere ike iji nchikota nke omenala, igwe na usoro njikwa kemịkal. Ụzọ omenala gụnyere omume dị ka ntụgharị ihe ọkụkụ, iwepụ ihe mkpofu ihe ọkụkụ, na iji ụdị ndị na-eguzogide ọgwụ. Ụzọ njikwa igwe na-agụnye iji ọnyà nnyapade na ikpochapụ. Ụzọ nchịkwa kemịkalụ gụnyere iji ọgwụ ahụhụ eme ihe, mana ọ dị mkpa iji ya mee ihe nke ọma na usoro iji zere mmepe nke nguzogide.
N'ikpeazụ, Thrips Palmi nwere ike imebi mkpụrụ osisi egusi, mana ọ ga-ekwe omume ijikwa ya nke ọma site na iji usoro njikwa njikwa. Nchọpụta mbụ, nleba anya na mmemme njikwa pests agbakwunyere nke ọma (IPM) nwere ike inye aka belata mmebi ahụ wee hụ na owuwe ihe ubi egusi na-aga nke ọma.
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