Thrips are a pest insect that causes great damage in various crops in professional greenhouse horticulture. The most common species in greenhouses is the California thrips and the Tobacco strips. Royal Brinkman offers a wide range of thrips control products for different crops.

Thrips causes a lot of damage in a wide range of crops in professional greenhouse farming. Because of the increasingly limited supply of chemical crop protection agents, biological control of thrips using natural enemies is increasingly becoming the norm. Natural enemies against thrips include predatory mites and predatory bugs. For the use of natural enemies against thrips you can use:

• Predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris is the natural enemy of thrips and can be used in many different crops;
• Soil predatory mite Stratiolaelaps scimitus (formerly Hypoaspis miles) is used in addition to Amblyseius against pupating thrips larvae. 

In addition to the predatory mites, the predatory mite Transeius Montdorensis, predatory bug Orius Laevigatus and nematodes Steinernema Feltiae are also used as biological control agents for thrips. The use of chemical pesticides against thrips control is limited because more and more thrips species are resistant to these agents. Our specialists wrote an article on ''Types of Thrips | How to control?''. In this article, the damage pattern of thrips, detection of thrips and the different types of thrips including a recognition chart are discussed.

The predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris is one of the best known predatory mites used for thrips control. The predatory mite mainly eats the first larval stage of thrips. The predatory mites reproduce rapidly due to their short life cycle, so they achieve quick results. Cucumeris is mainly used preventively or in an early stage to control thrips. In the assortment you will find several types of products containing the predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris, such as AMBLYcontrol and AMBLYline cu. AMBLYcontrol, produced by AgroBío is available in tubes of 50,000 predatory mites, bags of 250,000 or 500,000 and breeding bags of 500 or 1000 per bag. Because the packages contain a special carrier, the predatory mites can be released by scattering or blowing.

The soil predatory mite Stratiolaelaps scimitus is used against thrips pupae in many crops. The soil predatory mite has multiple life stages which ensures strong and rapid population development. The soil predatory mite is easily released by spreading the mixture on substrate (soil or pots). Do not release the soil predatory mite on plants. In the assortment you will find several products containing the soil predatory mite Hypoaspis such as HYPOcontrol. HYPOcontrol, produced by AgroBío, is available in tubes or buckets of 25,000, 100,000 or 125,000 soil predatory mites. 

Biological thrips control can be done using different products. Do you want to buy biological crop protection to control thrips? Then you have come to the right place at Royal Brinkman. Do you have any questions or would you like advice on biological thrips control? Feel free to contact our specialists - on working days you will receive an answer within 24 hours.