A preliminary study was carried out to control the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticee Koch on cucumber in a net greenhouse and in open field by releasing the predatory mite, Phytoselutus macropilis (Banks). The T. urticae reduction in the greenhouse reached about 90 % after 24 and 28 days from the predator release at the rate of 4 and 2 individuals/pot, respectively. Maximum reduction of the pest in open field was 85 and 90 % after 4 weeks from the predator release at the rate of 5 and 10 individuals/pot, respectively. The previous study indicated the possibility to control the two-spotted spider mite, t union on cucumber by using P. macropilis as a biocontrol agent.
HEIKAL, I. H., & FAWZY, M. M. H. (2003). A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF TETRANYCHUS URTICAE KOCH ON CUCUMBER (ACARI: TETRANYCHIDAE). Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 81(1), 93-100. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2003.276065
MLA
IBRAHIM H. HEIKAL; MAGDY M. H. FAWZY. "A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF TETRANYCHUS URTICAE KOCH ON CUCUMBER (ACARI: TETRANYCHIDAE)", Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 81, 1, 2003, 93-100. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2003.276065
HARVARD
HEIKAL, I. H., FAWZY, M. M. H. (2003). 'A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF TETRANYCHUS URTICAE KOCH ON CUCUMBER (ACARI: TETRANYCHIDAE)', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 81(1), pp. 93-100. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2003.276065
VANCOUVER
HEIKAL, I. H., FAWZY, M. M. H. A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF TETRANYCHUS URTICAE KOCH ON CUCUMBER (ACARI: TETRANYCHIDAE). Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2003; 81(1): 93-100. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2003.276065
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