Source: Hannah Burrack, NCSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, 6/2/20


This is the ninth weekly TSWV and tobacco thrips risk assessment update. Third generation flights have now occurred at all our report locations, and fourth generation flights have occurred 2 of our 8 report locations. Fields planted within a month of the fourth generation flight may warrant additional attention. Interestingly, we also starting seeing some early hornworms of both species in the field this week.

We have produced weekly reports from the TSWV and Tobacco Thrips Risk Forecasting Tool for selected locations in eastern NC where TSWV may be problematic in order to help growers determine management decisions. We will conclude these reports next week, when most of our locations will have completed the fourth generation thrips flight.

The information presented here is intended to supplement, but not replace, farm-specific predictions. In order to generate data for your farm, the following information is required:

For more of this story, click here.