Improved mite sampling may reduce acaricide use in roses
Author(s) -
J. Karlik,
Peter B. Goodell,
Gary W. Osteen
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
california agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2160-8091
pISSN - 0008-0845
DOI - 10.3733/ca.v049n03p38
Subject(s) - acaricide , spider , spider mite , sampling (signal processing) , toxicology , biology , mite , horticulture , botany , ecology , computer science , filter (signal processing) , computer vision
Spider mites are considered to be the most important invertebrate pests of commercial field-grown rose plants, but sampling methods and treatment thresholds have been subjective. This study shows that roses exhibit a higher tolerance for spider mites than previously thought. Quality rose plants were produced with fewer acaricide treatmentsby using a rapid presence/absence field sampling method and treatment thresholds for spider mites.
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