Plant Protection Science - Online first
Critique on the dipteran pests of commercial flower crops: An obligate threat to floral industryReview
Babu Babu Sreelatha Anand, Kanna Selvaraj Suganya, Chinnaiah Muthiah, Jacob Rajangam, Subramanian Rajesh, Ramayya Nalini, Angappan Suganthi
Plant Protect. Sci., X:X | DOI: 10.17221/29/2024-PPS
The floral industry grapples with challenges like changing climatic scenarios, differences in market trends, rising costs, and severe losses posed by insect pests. The management of dipteran pests encompassing diverse species, such as leaf miners, midges, flies, and mosquitoes, has emerged as an obligate adversary, inflicting substantial economic losses in the cut and loose flower industry. Through a comprehensive analysis of existing literature, this paper delves into the diverse array of dipteran species of leaf miners and midges, their life cycles, distribution, host range, damaging symptoms, insecticide resistance, and the management strategies...