Australian Apple and Pear IPDM

Topic: Two-spotted mite

published - 12 June 2019
Mite Management

European Red Mite (ERM), Two Spotted Mites (TSM) and Bryobia mites all commonly affect apple and pear orchards.
David Williams (Principal Researcher, Agriculture Victoria) discusses how to identify, monitor and control mites in the following three videos:
Mite Monitoring

 
Mite Monitoring – understanding Cumulative Leaf Infested Days (CLID)

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Beneficials, Pests

published - 19 February 2019
By Alison Mathews (DPIRD WA)
Mite monitoring: key to sustainable chemical use

Monitoring mites
Late November is the time to start monitoring for Two-spotted, European red and Bryobia mites.  Although fortnightly monitoring is usually sufficient unless numbers are approaching the action threshold, the use of random sampling in weekly monitoring allows you to cover a greater spread of the orchard and increases the …
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Pests