Toxicity of Seven Acaricides to Teranychid and Phytoseiid Mites in Apple Orchards and Under Laboratory Conditions | ||
Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology | ||
Article 11, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-59 PDF (4.14 M) | ||
Document Type: Original research articles | ||
DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2012.163628 | ||
Authors | ||
Safaa Qerhaili1; M. Halloum2 | ||
1Lattakia Center for Natural Enemies Rearing, Syria | ||
2Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria. | ||
Abstract | ||
The toxicity of seven acaricides (abamectin, amitraz, azocyclotin, fenbutatin oxide, propargite, pyrimidifin and spirodiclofen) to Tetranychus urticae Koch, Panonychus ulmi Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) and the predatory phytoseiid mites (Neoseiulus fallacis German and Typhlodromus cotoneastri Wainstein) was evaluated in both laboratory and apple orchards in two different sites on the Syrian Coast (Shakrieh- Lattakia and Premmant El-Masheik-Tartous). All tested acaricides were highly toxic to T.urticae and P.ulmi, except spirodiclofen, which was slightly to moderately toxic after lday, and moderately to highly toxic after 7 days in field. For the phytoseiid mites; amitraz, azocyclotin and pyrimidifin were highly toxic in laboratory and field, abamectin was moderately toxic in both laboratory and field, fenbutatin oxide was moderately toxic in laboratory and non-toxic in field, propargite was moderately toxic in laboratory and slightly toxic in field, and spirodiclofen was slightly toxic in laboratory and non toxic in field. | ||
Keywords | ||
Apple; Acaricides; Toxicity; Turticae; P.ulmi; Phytoseiids | ||
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