Franklinothrips vespiformis adult feeding on Echinothrips
Biobest is pioneering the fight against rising thrips pressure with the first fully integrated IPM solution. A breakthrough strategy, it combines advanced monitoring tools, an elevated biological strategy - targeting both flower and leaf-dwelling species – and precision dispersion tools to optimise effectiveness.
Thrips have become a major challenge in recent years. In response, Biobest has developed a comprehensive IPM solution combining advanced monitoring, precision automation and proven biological controls. Offering a complete integrated solution to this challenging pest, it is empowering growers to protect crop quality and health, safeguard yields and respond effectively to evolving thrips threats.
Need for new level of control
Alongside the rising pressure from established thrips species, new invasive leaf-dwelling species are emerging across major production regions. Their piercing and scraping feeding behaviour damages leaf and fruit tissue, disrupts photosynthesis, weakens plant health and heightens the risk of virus transmission.
Coherent strategy
Biobest’s fully integrated solution features early detection, intelligent monitoring, targeted coherent biological solutions and automated dispersion technologies. Growers can now respond rapidly to increasing thrips pressure, improve labour efficiency and maintain control throughout the crop cycle.
Early pest detection
Accurate and timely detection forms the foundation of effective pest management. Biobest places strong emphasis on advanced monitoring and scouting tools that provide reliable insight into pest presence and population trends. Bug-Scan® durable sticky traps and rolls in different colours facilitate targeted monitoring. Blue traps are highly attractive to species such as Thrips parvispinus and Frankliniella occidentalis, with green traps optimal for detecting Echinothrips americanus.
Efficiency through monitoring automation
Monitoring efficiency is enhanced with our fully automated AI-powered Trap-Eye™ system. By eliminating manual sticky trap counting, Trap-Eye ™ significantly reduces labour requirements by delivering accurate species identification and population data from individual traps. Helping to revolutionise overall scouting efficiency, our Crop-Scanner App™ is a powerful tool. Simplifying and enhancing scouting efforts, it keeps sticky trap and crop monitoring data in one web portal. The Crop-Scanner™ dashboard provides a real-time overview of pest and beneficial insect dynamics, supporting decision-making and ensuring interventions are precisely matched to actual pest pressure.
Elevated biological control strategy
Central to Biobest’s solution is a carefully structured biological control programme. Predatory mites – including Swirskii-System, Montdorensis-System and Amblyseius-System – form the cornerstone of control, targeting mobile thrips stages. In pollen-producing crops, Orius-System can establish early, supporting preventative control, while delivering strong curative performance under high pest pressure. Complementing these solutions, the breakthrough Vespiformis-System uniquely seeks out leaf-dwelling thrips. Consuming all life stages, it offers a targeted response to some of the most challenging emerging species. Complementing the predatory mites, Vespiformis-System is proving to be a game-changer for optimising thrips control.
Precision dispersion
To maximise the effectiveness of biological control agents, precise and consistent application is essential. Biobest’s Entomatic™ family of biological dispensers provides automated, accurate and labour-saving dispersion solutions tailored to different crop systems and operational needs. From the Entomatic™ (Multi) Row Dispenser to the lightweight Entomatic™ Handheld Dispenser, these flexible solutions ensure optimal placement and uniform distribution of beneficials. Automated dispersion supports stronger pest control outcomes while reducing operational complexity.
By combining early detection and monitoring, intelligent automation and advanced biological solutions within a single reinforced IPM framework, Biobest’s fully integrated solution is providing a sustainable approach to thrips control.