Mites for Pest Control
Publisher: Iowa State Press
Published: March 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780063256583
Subjects: Agriculture - Crop Science; Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology; Technology & Industrial Arts
First sentence: The first mite to be recognised for its ability to reduce pest populations appears to have been Hemisarcoptes malus (Shimer), feeding on the oystershell scale, Lepidosaphes ulmi (L.) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae).