A standardized method for testing the side effects of pesticides on the predacious mite,Amblyseius potentillae [Acarina: Phytoseiidae] |
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Authors: | W P J Overmeer A Q van Zon |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Experimental Entomology, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 302, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | A method is described for testing adverse effects of pesticides on the predacious miteAmblyseius potentillae Garman in the laboratory. It complies with the terms of the W.P.R.S./I.O.B.C. Working Group “Pesticides and Beneficial Arthropods” with respect to such methods. Twenty commercial pesticides were tested on the predator as part of a joint pesticide test programme of the Working Group. |
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