The importance of acaricides in the control of citrus leprosis mite and factors that interfere with the efficacy

Citrus leprosis mite is an important pest to Brazilian citriculture. Due the potential damage caused by virus transmitted this mite, synthetic acaricides are main management strategy used citrus growers reduce vector population. The current review aims provide historical data on use of control and factors involved with efficacy these products. To get know products that were have been we scientific papers studied toxic effect pesticides mites. From 1959 nowadays, more than 200 published demonstrating acaricide mite. Although there several registered (abamectin, amitraz, acrinathrin, bifenthrin, fenpropathrin, etoxazole, hexythiazox, flufenoxuron, spirodiclofen, cyflumetofen, chlorfenapyr, fenbutatin oxide, propargite, fenpyroximate, pyridaben, sulfur), their effectiveness will be determined inherent products, application (quality spray water, plant coverage sprayed acaricide, addition adjuvants, tank mixture), biological (biotic potential, short life cycle, reproduction type, initial infestation level, evolution resistance). a option generates short-term results for grower. However, association other measures allow satisfactory pathosystem. Additionally, information interfere needs generated made available