Abstract
Experiments were conducted to determine color preference of thrips, aphids, and leafminers in lettuce farms at Kula, Hawaii. White traps caught significantly more thrips than the 14 other colors tested. Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) was the predominant thrips species trapped. More adult and larval thrips were associated with plants with tomato spotted wilt disease than with healthy plants during later weeks of lettuce growth. Number of aphids and leafminers trapped did not indicate any conclusive preference of these insects for a particular color.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
White traps caught significantly more thrips than other colors.
- Taxon
- lettuce
Lactuca sativat0 - Treatment
- White trapse0
- Outcome
- thripse0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- 14 other colorse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“White traps caught significantly more thrips than the 14 other colors tested.”
t0“Lettuce”
Claim · model-written summary
Frankliniella occidentalis predominated among trapped thrips.
- Taxon
- lettuce
Lactuca sativat0 - Interactor
- Frankliniella occidentalis
Frankliniella occidentalise0pest - Outcome
- predominant thrips species trappede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.


Verbatim
e0“Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) was the predominant thrips species trapped.”
t0“Lettuce”
Claim · model-written summary
Adult and larval thrips were more associated with plants with tomato spotted wilt disease than healthy plants late in lettuce growth.
- Taxon
- lettuce
Lactuca sativat0 - Organ / stage
- later weeks of lettuce growthe0
- Outcome
- adult and larval thripse0
- Direction
- Moree0
- Comparator
- healthy plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“More adult and larval thrips were associated with plants with tomato spotted wilt disease than with healthy plants during later weeks of lettuce growth.”
t0“Lettuce”
Claim · model-written summary
Aphid trap counts did not show conclusive color preference.
- Taxon
- lettuce
Lactuca sativat0 - Interactor
- aphidsAphidomorphae0pest
- Outcome
- Number of aphidse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Number of aphids and leafminers trapped did not indicate any conclusive preference of these insects for a particular color.”
t0“Lettuce”
Claim · model-written summary
Leafminer trap counts did not show conclusive color preference.
- Taxon
- lettuce
Lactuca sativat0 - Interactor
- leafminersAgromyzidaee0pest
- Outcome
- leafminers trappede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Number of aphids and leafminers trapped did not indicate any conclusive preference of these insects for a particular color.”
t0“Lettuce”
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