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THE INFLUENCE OF SPRAY PROGRAMS ON THE FAUNA OF APPLE ORCHARDS IN NOVA SCOTIA: XVII. EFFECTS ON SOME PREDACIOUS MITES1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

K. H. Sanford
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Kentville, Nova Scotia

Abstract

The effects from treating populations of predacious mites with a number of spray chemicals are tabulated. The species include Phytoseiidae: Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten, T. rhenanus (Oudms.), Amblyseius fallacis (Garman), Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks), Amblyseius finlandicus (Oudms.); and Raphignathidae: Mediolatta novae-scotiae Nes. The chemicals include fungicides, acaricides and insecticides.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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