ORDER Thysanoptera IN ALFALFA GROWN FOR FORAGE | Journal of Global Agriculture and Ecology

The purpose of this study was to establish the species makeup and seasonal dynamics of the principal thrips in forage alfalfa. The sweeping method with an entomological net was used. The regrowth was harvested when it was in the blossoming stage. The order Thysanoptera contains 13 species divided into three families and nine genera. Harmful species accounted for 54.0 percent of all species, whereas predatory species accounted for 44.0 percent. Thrips tabaci was the most common pest, accounting for 37.4% of the total, followed by T. atratus, which accounted for 9.7% of the whole. The predatory thrips were mostly represented by Aeolothrips intermedius, the most common species (43.8 percent participation). T. tabaci was discovered at the highest density in second regrowth from the second half of May to the second half of June, with a peak in the first ten days of June at the button and the start of blooming phases. In the button and flowering stages, Aeolothrips intermedius had a significant quantity of second regrowth. At the second decade of June, the highest number was discovered in the blossoming stage. As a bioagent, it has a lot of potential. The most opportune period for controlling and managing economically important pest species of the order Thysanoptera in alfalfa grown for forage is determined by determining the population dynamics of economically important pest species of the order Thysanoptera in alfalfa grown for forage.

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