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Integrated Insect pest Management in Maize
Sucking pests
Maize thrips (Frankliniella spp)
Identification symptoms
Identification symptoms
Thrips rasp the plant tissue and suck plant juice
Leaves appear sand-blasted, whitish in colour with yellow streaking.
Thrips cause drying, stunning, yellowing and rolling of leaf.