The response of the major crop and pasture pest, the red-legged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor) to pesticides: Dose-response curves and evidence for tolerance

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 151-162

  Hoffmann, Ary A ^a   Porter, Stephanie ^a   Kovacs, Ingrid ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biossay; H. destructor; pesticides; resistance; tolerance

Indexed keywords

HALOTYDEUS DESTRUCTOR; ACARI;

BIOASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE CURVE; PESTICIDE TOLERANCE; RED-LEGGED EARTH MITE;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA;

EID: 0030619430     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018482502080     Document Type: Article

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