Pyrethroid encapsulation for conservation of acarine predators and reduced spider mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) outbreaks in apple orchards

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-80

  Lester, P J ^a   Pree, D J ^a,b   Thistlewood, H M A ^a,b   Trevisan, L M ^a   Harmsen, R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyseius fallacis; Biological control; Encapsulated cypermethrin; Panonychus ulmi

Indexed keywords

APPLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CIPERMETHRIN; PANONYCHUS ULMI; PYRETHROID; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; ZETZELLIA MALI;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; MITE; ORCHARD; PREDATOR;

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS; AMBLYSEIUS FALLACIS; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PANONYCHUS ULMI; STIGMAEIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; URTICAE; ZETZELLIA; ZETZELLIA MALI;

EID: 0032930877     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.1.72     Document Type: Article

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