Thrips (order Thysanoptera) infestations of cotton seedlings result in plant injury, increasing the detrimental consequences of other challenges to production agriculture, such as abiotic stress or infestation by other pests. Using Frankliniella fusca as a thrips species of focus, we empirically developed a composite model of thrips phenology and cotton seedling susceptibility to predict site‐specific infestation risk so that monitoring and other resources can be allocated efficiently, to optimize the timing of thrips control measures to maximize effectiveness, and to inform stakeholders about the dynamics of thrips infestation and cotton seedling injury at a time when thrips are evolving resistance to commonly‐used pesticides.

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棉花蓟马出没预测器：在美国东南部，预测棉花幼苗烟草蓟马（Frankliniella fusca）出没的实用工具。

棉苗的蓟马（Th翅目）侵染导致植物受伤，增加了对生产农业的其他挑战（如非生物胁迫或其他害虫的侵害）的有害后果。我们以Frankliniella fusca为重点蓟马种类，以经验方法开发了蓟马物候和棉花幼苗敏感性的复合模型，以预测特定地点的侵扰风险，以便可以有效分配监视和其他资源，以优化蓟马控制措施的时机。当蓟马对常用农药的抵抗力不断增强时，它可以最大程度地发挥功效，并向利益相关者告知有关蓟马侵害和棉花幼苗伤害的动态。