Reduced Pesticide Use On Lettuce
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Project Code
Short Summary
This project commenced in the 1989-90 cropping season with the objective of introducing to outdoor capsicum and tomato crops on the Northern Adelaide Plains (NAP) the biological control of two-spotted mite using the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis.
Year Published
1996
Project Provider
South Australian Primary Industries
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This project commenced in the 1989-90 cropping season with the objective of introducing to outdoor capsicum and tomato crops on the Northern Adelaide Plains (NAP) the biological control of two-spotted mite using the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis. Careful monitoring of the two-spotted mite populations allowed successful control of this pest on 6 hectares of tomatoes and capsicums with Phytoseiulus persimilis and an integrated chemical spraying program.
Project report
On-farm and crop management
Chemicals & pesticides
Capsicum
Tomatoes
Solanaceous vegetables