Red mite on citrus: Experiments designed to measure damage give bases for further studies

Wedding, R; Riehl, L; Jeppson, L

Red mite on citrus: Experiments designed to measure damage give bases for further studies

Authors

Randolph T. Wedding
Louis A. Riehl
Lee R. Jeppson

Authors Affiliations

Randolph T. Wedding is Assistant Plant Physiologist, University of California, Riverside; Louis A. Riehl is Associate Entomologist, University of California, Riverside; Lee R. Jeppson is Associate Entomologist, University of California, Riverside.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 12(8):9-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v012n08p9. August 1958.

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Abstract

Attempts to measure the effects of mite damage on various physiological processes in citrus plants—particularly the leaves—in field, greenhouse and laboratory experiments have added to the relatively little available information concerning the effects of red mite feeding.

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