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Research Entomologist to Discuss Enemy of Lettuce: Thrips
They're small, about 1 mm long or less, with characteristic fringed wings. They fly, but not well. But thrips do pack a powerful punch. A major pest of many agricultural crops, including lettuce, they damage plants by (1) sucking their...
Thrips is a major pest of lettuce production in Salinas. (Illustration courtesy of Daniel Hasegawa)