Meaning of thripsicide | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“Tartar emetic, however, has no value against scale or spider. Because its sole role is that of a thripsicide, some growers already accustomed to programs which will handle⟳ scale as well as thrips in a commercial way will be inclined to follow⟳ their former procedure unless this new material can be fitted economically into their requirements.”

“Phenthoate, Cidal, elsan (S - alpha - ethoxycarbonylbenzyl dimethyl phosphorothiolothionate) is a broad-spectrum scalicide/thripsicide/acaricide.”

““Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study⟳ in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include⟳ four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin). The first test⟳ of the thripsicides began in February at UCR.”

“[…]many growers in the SJV will spray multiple applications of thripsicides during the spring⟳ or summer to reduce⟳ this injury on young citrus plantings.”

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