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AUGMENTATIVE RELEASES OF PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS (ACARI: PHYTOSEIIDAE) TO CONTROL TETRANYCHUS URTICAE (ACARI: TETRANYCHIDAE) IN NEW ZEALAND KIWIFRUIT ORCHARDS
Article number
297_68
Pages
523 – 530
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Abstract
Trials in kiwifruit orchards over a 3 year period showed that annual augmentative releases of P. persimilis in January, at a rate of c.10 adult females/m of shelter belt tree, controlled T. urticae by the end of March and prevented mite infestation of fruit at harvest.
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Authors
J.G. Charles, B.J. Geddes
Keywords
mites, shelter trees, two-spotted mite
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