pear thrips

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pear thrips

A minute leaf-eating insect (Taeniothrips inconsequens), originally native to Europe, that is a common pest of pear, maple, almond, and other trees in the eastern United States.

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No references found			Tom McCrumm of the Massachusetts Maple Producers Association said he and other syrup makers have survived invasions by gypsy moths, tent caterpillars and pear thrips and other threats to their livelihoods, and now they are gearing up to deal with the Asian longhorned beetle while hoping it never reaches them. Sticky situation; Maple producers keeping close watch for killer ... by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) Pear thrips initiated the whole thing, but now we're looking more and more at the forest environment for pathogens that can be used against other insects. Fungi fight maple menace by Harlow, Susan J. / American Forests An outbreak of the pear thrips caused the defoliation of a half million acres of maple forest in Vermont. The biggest sugar maple by American Forests			Peale pealing pean Peanism Peano's axioms peanut peanut allergy peanut bar peanut brittle peanut butter peanut gallery peanut oil peanut vine peanut worm peanuts peapod pear pear blight Pear family Pear gauge pear haw pear hawthorn pear psylla Pear shell Pear slug pear thrips pear tree pear-shaped Pearch pearl pearl ash Pearl Bailey pearl barley Pearl Buck Pearl City pearl danio pearl diver Pearl edge Pearl eye pearl fishery pearl gray pearl grey Pearl Harbor pearl hominy Pearl Mae Bailey pearl millet Pearl moss Pearl moth pearl onion pearl oyster Pearl powder			PEAPS PEAPS-Q PEAQ pear pear pear pear pear pear blight Pear cider Pear cider Pear drop pear drops Pear family Pear Flower Bud Weevil Pear Fruit Polygalacturonase Inhibitor Protein Pear gauge pear haw pear hawthorn Pear Juice Pear Lace Bug Pear Moth Pear of Anguish Pear oil Pear oil Pear Pest Management Research Fund pear psylla Pear shaped Pear shell Pear slug pear thrips pear tree pear tree pear trees pear trees pear, prickly pear, prickly pear-shape cut pear-shaped pear-shaped area pear-shaped area pear-shaped area pear-shaped area pear-shaped area pear-shaped bladder Pearce Act Pearce Act Pearce Civil War Collection Pearce, Brinkley, Cease & Lee Pearce-Williams Christian Centre pearceite Pearch PEARD pearl pearl pearl pearl pearl pearl Pearl arbor Pearl arbor

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