Fig 1.
Manner in which colored sticky traps were disposed in the mango orchard to attract thrips and other insects.
Fig 2.
Spectral reflectance curves (%) of the six color traps used in the experiment to attract thrips adults in a mango orchard.
Table 1.
Diversity of thrips species inhabiting Ataulfo mango agroecosystems.
Table 2.
Thrips from mango inflorescences.
Fig 3.
Attraction of thrips adults to colored sticky traps: a) Frankliniella spp., b) Scirtothrips spp., and c) other thrips. Each point shows the mean catches of eight replicates in eight sampling dates, and the estimate marginal mean and error bars at 95% CI. Different letters indicate Tukey significant differences (p<0.05).
Fig 4.
Attraction of thrips adults of the genus Frankliniella to colored sticky traps.
Each bar represents the mean catches (±SE) of eight replicates to six colors in eight sampling dates (axis-y1). The line shows the mean (±SE) thrips adults of Frankliniella in 20 inflorescences in seven sampling dates (axis-y2). Bars capped with the same letter within a sampling date are not significant different (p>0.05) (untransformed data).
Fig 5.
Attraction of beneficial insects to colored sticky traps during the Ataulfo mango flowering.
Each point shows the mean catches of eight replicates in eight sampling dates, and the estimate marginal mean and error bars at 95% CI for natural enemies (a) and pollinators (b). Different letters indicate Tukey significant differences (p<0.05). Relative abundances (%) of insect orders (plus Aranea) for natural enemies (c) and pollinators (d) are presented on the right side.
Fig 6.
Thrips caught on traps versus inflorescences.
Relationship between the average number of Frankliniella species captured on colored sticky traps (mean catches for each sampling date) and the average number of Frankliniella in the inflorescences (mean catches in 20 inflorescences): a) blue, b) green, c) orange, d) purple, e) white and f) yellow.