Effects of acaricides, pyrethroids and predator distributions on populations of Tetranychus urticae in apple orchards

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-253

  Hardman, J M ^a   Franklin, J L ^a   Beaulieu, F ^b   Bostanian, N J ^c  

^a Agriculture and Agri Food Canada ^*  (Canada)

^b CEF   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition and intra guild predation; Generalist and specialist phytoseiids; Neoseiulus fallacis; Pesticide effects on biological control; Tetranychus urticae outbreaks; Typhlodromus pyri

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ABUNDANCE; ACARICIDE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROUND COVER; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; MITE; ORCHARD; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR CONTROL; PYRETHROID; SPECIALIST;

ANIMAL; APPLE; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREDATION; TETRANYCHIDAE; TREE;

ANIMALS; INSECTICIDES; MALUS; MITE INFESTATIONS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PYRETHRINS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TREES;

ACARI; ARANEAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NEOSEIULUS FALLACIS; PANONYCHUS ULMI; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; TYPHLODROMUS PYRI;

EID: 36849044798     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-007-9117-7     Document Type: Article

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