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Acaricides or Miticides

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An acaricide or miticide is a pesticide that provides economic control of pest mites and ticks. Mites and ticks are collectively called either acari or acarina. Some products can act as insecticides or fungicides as well as acaricides.

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This is a concentration-response curve showing the responses of a colony of Tetranychus pacificus resistant (Bidart) and susceptible (Chapla) to propargite (Omite). The mortality of adult females at different concentrations has been transformed into a straight line. The concentration-responses of the reciprocal F1 females in crosses between the susceptible and resistant populations are intermediate and similar

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  1. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Marjorie A. Hoy

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Hoy, M.A. (2004). Acaricides or Miticides. In: Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48380-7_17

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