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Application of Two-spotted Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae for Plant-pest Interaction Studies
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Photographic sampling: a photographic sampling method for mites on plants
1Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. jsircom@chat.carleton.ca
Experimental & Applied Acarology
|May 24, 2000
Abstract:
A photographic sampling method for mites on plants was evaluated using Tetranychus urticae and Phytoseiulus persimilis on pepper plants. It was found to be 92% accurate for T. urticae eggs and 98% accurate for P. persimilis eggs at densities up to 45 eggs per cm2 for T. urticae, and up to 3 eggs per cm2 for P. persimilis. The motiles of the two species were not confused, nor were they confused with exuviae or other matter.

