Chemical control of mango bud mite.
Butani D. K., Srivastava R. P.
Author Affiliation: Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
Entomologists' Newsletter 6 :35
Abstract : In tests at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi in 1974-76 on the control of Aceria mangiferae Sayed, which has been reported causing malformations on the buds of mango in Egypt and India, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, dioxathion, formothion and quinalphos all at 0.1% were equally effective, giving on average 90.6-94.8% mite mortality in the season of 1974-75 and 92.3-95.9% in that of 1975-76.