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Laboratory experiments employing two test procedures were carried out to evaluate the effect of three commercial pesticides commonly used against apple pests in Israel, on the spiderChiracanthium mildei L. Koch. When spiders were confined in porous nylon bags that had been treated with aqueous emulsions or suspensions, and dried, the order of toxicity during the first 4 days was endosulfan > azinphos-methyl > cyhexatin; the order of toxicity was the same by topical application. In a field experiment on apple trees which were sprayed with azinphos-methyl or methidathion, both organophosphorus compounds, the spider population was suppressed.
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Mansour, F., Rosen, D., Plaut, H.N. et al. Effect of commonly used pesticides onChiracanthium mildei and other spiders occurring on apple. Phytoparasitica 9, 139–144 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03158456
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