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The effect of a liquid seaweed extract fromAscophyllum nodosum(Fucales, Phaeophyta) on the two-spotted red spider miteTetranychus urticae

✍ Scribed by S. D. Hankins; H. P. Hockey


Book ID
104618597
Publisher
Springer
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
310 KB
Volume
204-205
Category
Article
ISSN
1573-5141

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✦ Synopsis


This paper presents evidence from an initial trial in favor of claims that the liquid seaweed extract of Ascophyllum nodosum, marketed in the UK as 'Maxicrop', can reduce numbers of the two-spotted red spider mite Tetranychus urticae on crop plants . Seven applications of Maxicrop Triple over 20 days significantly suppressed the population build-up of two-spotted red spider mites on treated strawberry plants (Fragaria sp . var . Redgauntlet) raised under high polythene tunnels as compared to untreated controls .