ACARICIDAL CONTROL OF CITRUS RUST MITES, 2013

Acaricidal Activity of Eugenol Based Compounds against Scabies Mites

BACKGROUND Human scabies is a debilitating skin disease caused by the "itch mite" Sarcoptes scabiei. Ordinary scabies is commonly treated with topical creams such as permethrin, while crusted scabies is treated with topical creams in combination with oral ivermectin. Recent reports of acaricide tolerance in scabies endemic communities in Northern Australia have prompted efforts to better unders...

New Acaricide for Citrus Mites

ChlorobenziIate--ethyl p, p’dichlorobenzilate-offers certain advantages in citrus pest control: it has a very low toxicity to warm-blooded animals which places it in the same category as Ovotran and Aramite; its application does not seriously affect insect parasites and predators or bees. Chlorobenzilate has a low order of toxicity to insects, therefore applications do not control populations o...

Acaricidal activity of Cymbopogon citratus and Azadirachta indica against house dust mites.

OBJECTIVE To examine the acaricidal effects of the essential oil of Cymbopogon citratus leaf extract (lemongrass) and ethanolic Azadirachta indica leaf extract (neem) against house dust mites Dermatophagoides farinae (D. farinae) and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (D. pteronyssinus). METHODS Twenty-five adults mites were placed onto treated filter paper that is soaked with plant extract and b...

Effect of a Microbial-based Acaricidal Product on Spotted and Predatory Spider Mites

Tetranychus urticae is one of the most important pests of strawberry cultures in Morocco. Current control of this pest relies almost exclusively on acaricides. Unfortunately, this mite has developed resistance to most of the available acaricides. Moreover, insecticide treatments are responsible for the reduction or suppression of beneficial species such as natural predators. Thus, identificatio...

Two Species of Cecidomyiidae Predacious on Citrus Rust Mite, Phyllocoptruta Oleivora, on Florida Citrus