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THE INFLUENCE OF SPRAY PROGRAMS ON THE FAUNA OF APPLE ORCHARDS IN NOVA SCOTIA: XIX. APPLE RUST MITE, VASATES SCHLECHTENDALI, A FOOD SOURCE FOR PREDATORS1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

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

Maintenance of predacious arthropods in apple orchards requires both the judicious use of chemical sprays and the presence of adequate food supplies. When the common food source, the European red mite, Panonychus ulmi (Koch), is depleted by either a selective chemical, such as Animert V-101, or by excessive activity of the predators, the apple rust mite, Vasates schlechtendali (Nal.), if present, provides an alternate food. This enables survival of sufficient numbers of predators to prevent resurgence of the red mite within the same season.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 101 , Issue 1 , January 1969 , pp. 62 - 67
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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