Presented here is a protocol to determine the number of thrips and minute pirate bug predators in crops over multiple dates in field experiments. Also illustrated is how to determine the efficacy of management tactics against thrips and evaluate the benefits of predation by minute pirate bugs.
Funderburk, J., Martini, X., Freeman, J., Strzyzewski, I., Traczyk, E., Skarlinsky, T., Adkins, S. Sampling for Estimating Frankliniella Species Flower Thrips and Orius Species Predators in Field Experiments. J. Vis. Exp. (149), e59869, doi:10.3791/59869 (2019).