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The Rearing of European Red Mite under Controlled Environmental Conditions1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. B. Specht
H. B. Specht
Affiliation:
Canada Department of Agriculture, Kentville, Nova Scotia
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Abstract

A method has been described for the rearing of European red mite wherein the temperature, light, and air humidity were controlled. It consisted of a sealed glass tube containing an apple twig with a mite infested leaf. The tube was ventilated with air of the desired humidity and the leaf was kept alive by inserting the end of the twig into daily-changed tap water.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , January 1963 , pp. 35 - 41
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1963

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