The melon thrips (Thrips palmi) have become a very significant pest of snap beans, beans, eggplants and cucumbers, and other crops, since they were first reported in Colombia. The response of farmers to this problem has been the excessive pesticide use.
El trips del melon, Thrips palmi Karny, ha alcanzado gran importancia economica en habichuela, frijol, berenjena y pepino, entre otros cultivos, desde que se registro su presencia en Colombia, lo cual ha desencadenado el uso indiscriminado de insecticidas para su manejo.scielo-abstract scielo-abstract