thripsicide

English

Noun

thripsicide (plural thripsicides)

Alternative form of thripicide
- 1941 April 8, “Growers of Redlands District Plan Renewed Drive on Citrus Thrips: […]”, in The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, Calif., page fifteen:
  Tartar emetic, however, has no value against scale or spider. Because its sole role is that of a thripsicide, some growers already accustomed to programs which will handle scale as well as thrips in a commercial way will be inclined to follow their former procedure unless this new material can be fitted economically into their requirements.
- 1977, Pesticides Review, Australia. Department of Health, page 32:
  Phenthoate, Cidal, elsan (S - alpha - ethoxycarbonylbenzyl dimethyl phosphorothiolothionate) is a broad-spectrum scalicide/thripsicide/acaricide.
- 1983 May 26, “Pesticide residue effects under study”, in The Californian, volume 25, number 16, Temecula, Calif., page A-11:
  “Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin). The first test of the thripsicides began in February at UCR.
- 1989, Citriculture: Proceedings of the Sixth International Citrus Congress, →ISBN, page 1090:
  […] many growers in the SJV will spray multiple applications of thripsicides during the spring or summer to reduce this injury on young citrus plantings.