“…Many of these illnesses, including Magnaporthe oryzae (Germany), Botrytis cinerea, Puccinia spp., Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium oxysporum, Black Thrips (India), Blumeria graminis, Mycosphaerella graminicola, Colletotrichum spp., Ustilago maydis, and Melampsora lini, have been identified by researchers and practitioners in recent times (Ceballos et al, 2020;Singh et al, 2023;Chen et al, 2023;Carreón-Anguiano et al, 2020). The states of India such as Telangana, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh saw significant crop loss because of the new invasive thrips species, Thrips parvispinus, particularly the "Black Thrips" on chillies (Lodaya et al, 2022;Sireesha et al, 2021). Due to Thrips attack on Chilli crop, approximate 191.17 m.t crop loss is observed in India during 2021-22 (Figure 1).…”