Thrips population status
2023 First report (April 7)
General situation We're a little later than normal kicking off this season's projections for thrips. As far as temperatures are concerned, the data suggest that eastern San Joaquin county maybe isn't as far behind normal as we might...
2022 Second update
General situation: The main season crop is in the ground and developing quickly. The next 10 days is forecast to range from the high 70's to mid 90's, which is ideal conditions for thrips to develop. Resistance breaking strains...
2022 First report (March 17)
General Outlook It's 2022 thrips season. The first half of the winter was wet and cold, but since the turn of the year, we have seen next to no precipitation in the region. Temperatures have been more or less normal for the time of year and...
2021 Third report (May 31st)
General outlook A couple of 100+ F daily maximum temperatures and warm nights will give thrips development a little boost over the next week. A gradual return to low-to-mid 90's highs is expected from now until second week of...
2021 Second report (April 17th)
General outlook We're heading into to a run of slightly warmer weather which will last about a week and accelerate thrips development. Although we haven't heard of any TSWV in the upper San Joaquin Valley so far, it has...