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A demonstration of bulb mite control by solar heating of the soil

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The bulb miteRhizoglyphus robini Claparède is a soil pest of onion and garlic in Israel. We assayed its control by solar heating of the soil, by means of mulching with transparent polyethylene. Laboratory-infested peanut seeds were buried to various depths either in non-mulched or in mulched soil. At depths of 10 and 20 cm all mites died within 10 days; at 30 cm most mites died after 20 days and complete mortality occurred after 30 days.

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  1. Dept. of Entomology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot

    U. Gerson

  2. Dept. of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot

    J. Katan

  3. Div. of Entomology, ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan

    Shoshana Yathom

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Publication of the Agricultural Research Organization. No. 144-E, 1981 series.

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Gerson, U., Yathom, S. & Katan, J. A demonstration of bulb mite control by solar heating of the soil. Phytoparasitica 9, 153–155 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03158459

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