Integrated control of the strawberry mite (Phytonemus pallidus) in the Nordic multi-year growing system
Integrated control of the strawberry mite (Phytonemus pallidus) in the Nordic multi-year growing system
Tuovinen, T.
Acta Horticulturae ( 525): 389-391
2000
The strawberry mite (P. pallidus) has become an increasing problem in Nordic strawberry production. This is partly due to the recent rejection of endosulfan, which has been commonly used to control the strawberry mite. The long 4-6 year growing period enables an initially low strawberry mite population to increase to a very harmful level of over 50-100 mites/leaf. The effect of predatory mites on the strawberry mite was studied in Finland in 1997.