A laboratory-based method to measure relative pesticide and spray oil efficacy against broad mite, Polyphagotarsonemus lotus (Banks)(Acari: Tarsonemidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 495-502

  Herron, Grant ^a   Jiang, Laura ^a   Spooner Hart, Robert ^b  

^a Biological and Chemical Research Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Broad mite; Discriminating concentration; IPM; Log dose probability; Polyphagotarsonemus latus; Resistance testing

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BROAD PESTICIDE; MITE; OIL SPRAY;

ACARI; POLYPHAGOTARSONEMUS LATUS;

CANOLA OIL; INSECTICIDE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INSECT CONTROL; MITE;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; INSECTICIDES; MITES; TICK CONTROL;

EID: 0030303456     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00048282     Document Type: Article

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