Managing spider mites in almonds with pesticide-resistant predators

Hoy, M; Barnett, W; Castro, D; Cahn, D; Bentley, W; Hendricks, L

Managing spider mites in almonds with pesticide-resistant predators

Authors

Marjorie A. Hoy
William W. Barnett
Darryl Castro
Daniel Cahn
Walter J. Bentley
Lonnie C. Hendricks

Authors Affiliations

Majorie A. Hoy is Professor and Entomologist, Department of Entomological Scienes, University of California, Berkeley; William W. Barnett is Area Specialist, Cooperative Extension, Fresno County; Darryl Castro is fomer Staff Research Associates UC Berkeley; Danil Cahn is fomer Staff Research Associates UC Berkeley; Walter J. Bentley is Farm Advisors, Cooperative Extension, Merced and Kern counties, respectively; Lonnie C. Hendricks is Farm Advisors, Cooperative Extension, Merced and Kern counties, respectively.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 38(7):18-20. DOI:10.3733/ca.v038n07p18. July 1984.

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Abstract

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During the past three years, we have investigated the use of pesticide-resistant strains of spider mite predator released into almond orchards as components of an integrated management program. This predatory mite, Metaseiulus occidentalis (Nesbitt) provides effective biological control of the Pacific and two-spotted spider mites, Tetranychus pacificus McGregor and T. urticae Koch, respectively, as well as the European red mite, Panonychus ulmi (Koch).

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