The pest threatened a multi-million-dollar collapse of bell pepper crops in Palm Beach County. Researchers discovered the insect's life cycle includes a soil phase, allowing for new biological control ...

Lush homeowner gardens and thriving farms and nurseries across the globe are fighting a tiny invader considered one of the world's most damaging pests. The short-spined thrips, scientifically known as ...

It was bad enough that our region’s cold, wet spring affected our tomato plants’ ability to produce a normal crop. When an unusual insect problem arose on them as well, I began taking it personally.

A nearly invisible invader from the Asian tropics, the thrips parvispinus, was first noticed in Palm Beach County in 2022 by attentive landscapers on tony Palm Beach Island watching their fragrant ...

Alexandra Revynthi, an assistant professor, and Yisell Valazquez Hernandez, a biological scientist, observe plants keeping their thrip colony alive at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education ...