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Acaricide resistance and resistance mechanisms in Tetranychus urticae populations from rose greenhouses in the Netherlands.
Pest management science - 1 Nov 2011
Khajehali Jahangir, Van Nieuwenhuyse Pieter, Demaeght Peter, Tirry Luc, Van Leeuwen Thomas
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BACKGROUND: Spider mites are important crop pests that rapidly develop resistance to acaricides. To investigate whether acaricide resistance is a threat to greenhouse rose culture in the Netherlands, the susceptibility of 15 strains of Tetranychus urticae was tested to several currently used acaricides, and resistance mechanisms were investigated. RESULTS: Although the observed levels of susceptibility differed...
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