developed. Damage symptoms Thrips cause damage to plants by piercing the cells of the surface tissues and sucking out their contents, causing the surrounding
hyphae extend intercellularly, forming haustoria to parasitize mesophyll cells. The latent period (the time from infection to visible symptoms) ranges from
crop residues of infected plants, as chlamydospores (thick walled mycelium cells) or mycelium. Survival is also possible on seed, greenhouse structures, tools
scales, produce no honeydew. They feed by sucking the contents of epidermal cells, into which they inject toxic substances that cause yellow, red or brown