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THE ST-JEAN MITE CAGE1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

N. J. Bostanian
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, St-Jean, Québec J3B 6Z8

Extract

The methods of Foott and Boyce (1966) and De Ponti and Inggamer (1976) are inadequate to elucidate the residual toxicity of pyrethroids on predacious mites. These products irritate mites to such an extent that, shortly after their exposure to treated leaves, most if not all of the mites attempt to escape the irritant and in the process they are either caught in the Tanglefoot or drown in the water barrier.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1981

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