Biological control of citrus thrips, Scirtothrips citri, by predaceous phytoseiid mites

Lynell K. Tanigoshi

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Biological control of citrus thrips, Scirtothrips citri, by predaceous phytoseiid mites

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Authors:

Lynell K. Tanigoshi

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Parker, Bruce. L.; Skinner, Margaret; Lewis, Trevor, eds. Towards Understanding Thysanoptera. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-147. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 399-417.

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Abstract

Acari of the family Phytoseiidae are important predators of spider mites. Since the taxonomic treatises of Nesbitt (1951) and later by Chant (1959), over 1000 described taxa have been listed by Moraes et al. (1986).

Parent Publication

Towards understanding thysanoptera

Citation

Tanigoshi, Lynell K. 1991. Biological control of citrus thrips, Scirtothrips citri, by predaceous phytoseiid mites. Parker, Bruce. L.; Skinner, Margaret; Lewis, Trevor, eds. Towards Understanding Thysanoptera. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-147. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 399-417.