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Filtering by: Subject Apples -- Diseases and pests -- Control Committee Member Borman, Michael M. Degree Name Master of Agriculture (M.Ag.)

Tactics for enhancing conservation biological control of twospotted spider mites, Tetranychus urticae Koch, in Pacific Northwest hop yards

Creator:

Woods, Joanna L.

Abstract:

The twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), is a worldwide pest of numerous agronomic and horticultural plants. Conservation biological control of this pest can be unreliable due to asynchrony of natural enemies and certain horticultural practices that have a direct or indirect affect on natural enemies and the...

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Masters Thesis

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control of this pest can be unreliable due to asynchrony of natural enemies and certain horticultural