Thrips population status
2023 Second Report (May 26)
General Situation After the wet winter and extended cool spring, the annual summer weather pattern finally seems to have established itself. Temperatures for the next 10 days will see daily maximum values in the mid 70's to 80F, reaching the mid...
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...