Systox, a Systemic Insecticide for Pineapple Mite Control
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Many newly set pineapple plants die from pineapple mite, Dolichotetranychus floridanus (Banks), infestations. Other infested plants remain small and produce very little or no fruit. Although this mite infests plants of all ages, it is a serious pest only on young ones. Nursery stock distributed or sold by nurserymen, or used by fruit producers, should be free of mites and other pests. Control of the pineapple mite has not been entirely satisfactory to date. Fumigation of planting stock with two pounds of methyl bromide per 1,000 cubic feet, at 80 °F. and normal atmospheric pressures, gave less than perfect control in various tests. Fumigation of planting stock with the same amount of methyl bromide at partial vacuum gave per fect mite control but killed some of the plants. Parathion, when used as recommended by Wolfenbarger and Spencer (1951) for control of pineapple mealybug, Fseudococcus brevipes (Ckll.), has not given satisfactory control of the pineapple mite.
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