Using selected acaricides to manipulate Tetranychus urticae Koch populations in order to enhance biological control provided by phytoseiid mites
The twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, is a serious pest of many ornamental plants (Johnson and Lyon, 1991). Pesticide resistance, the high cost of pesticides and loss of production time have raised interest by growers to introduce predatory phytoseiid mites to manage twospotted spide...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35695 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11142001-110842/ |