Thrips Palmi, fa'aigoa o Melon Thrips, ose tama'i fa'ama'i leaga e mafai ona fa'aleagaina ai fua o meleni. I lenei tusiga, o le a tatou suʻesuʻeina le taamilosaga o le olaga, amio, ma taʻiala tau pulega a Thrips Palmi, faʻapea foʻi ma lona aʻafiaga i le gaosiga o meleni.
E tusa ai ma le Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), o Thrips Palmi o se faʻamaʻi tele i le teropika ma subtropics itulagi, ma e manatu o se tasi o faʻamaʻi sili ona leaga o fualaʻau cucurbit, e aofia ai meleni. O le Thrips Palmi e mafai ona fa'aleagaina sa'o i lau, fuga, ma fua o la'au meleni, fa'apea fo'i ma fa'ama'i pipisi e ono fa'atupu atili ai le fa'aleagaina.
O le Thrips Palmi e puupuu lona taamilosaga o le olaga e tusa ma le 12-18 aso, lea e ui atu ai i le tele o laasaga, e aofia ai fuamoa, larva, pupa, ma tagata matua. O le thrips matutua e matua laiti (itiiti ifo i le 2mm le umi) ma samasama i le lanu enaena. Latou te fafaga i sua o le la'au ma fa'atopetope ona fanafanau, ma o'o atu ai i fa'ama'i tetele.
Mo le puleaina o Thrips Palmi, e mafai ona faʻaogaina se tuʻufaʻatasiga o aganuu, masini, ma vailaʻau. O auala fa'ale-aganu'u e aofia ai faiga e pei o le fesuia'iina o fuala'au fa'ato'aga, aveese o otaota o la'au ua a'afia, ma le fa'aogaina o ituaiga fa'ato'aga. O auala fa'ainisinia e aofia ai le fa'aogaina o mailei pipii ma fa'amama. O auala e pulea ai vaila'au e aofia ai le fa'aogaina o iniseti, ae e taua le fa'aogaina ma le fa'aeteete ma le fa'ata'atia e aloese ai mai le atina'eina o le tete'e.
I le faaiuga, e mafai e Thrips Palmi ona afaina tele i fua o meleni, ae e mafai ona pulea lelei ma le tuʻufaʻatasia o fuafuaga faʻatonutonu. O le vave su'esu'eina, mata'ituina, ma le fuafuaina lelei o le fa'aogaina o meaola faalafua (IPM) e mafai ona fesoasoani e fa'aitiitia le fa'aleagaina ma fa'amautinoaina le manuia o le seleselega o meleni.
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