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Une opération de lutte biologique contre l'araignéc rouge des cultures maraîchères (Tetranychus urticae Koch) a été réalisée en Nouvelle-Calédonie au moyen de l'acarien prédateurPhytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot, importé de France. L'attention est attirée sur le rôle important joué par les plantes adventices de bordure dans le maintien dans le milieu naturel des populations du ravageur et de son prédateur.
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A biological control campaign against the red spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch.) on vegetable crops has been performed in New Caledonia with a predator mite (Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot) imported from France. It is noticed the prominent part played by edge weeds in keeping the pest and predator populations in the field.
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Cochereau, P. Contrôle biologique, en Nouvelle Calédonie, deTetranychus urticae [Acarien:Tetranychidae] au moyen dePhytoseiulus persimilis [Acarien:Phytoseiidae], en cultures maraichères. Entomophaga 21, 151–156 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02371901
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