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Control (Flat scarlet mite)

A full approval for spirotetramat (Batavia) on apples for the control of sucking insect pests will control flat scarlet mite, but growers may prefer to reserve its use for more difficult to control pests such as woolly aphid or rosy apple aphid. It must …

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Control in organic orchards (Flat scarlett mite)

Emphasis should be placed on natural control by the orchard predatory mite Typhlodromus pyri (see ‘ Biological control ’). Application of foliar sprays of fatty acids which are harmful to the orchard predatory mite, should be avoided unless absolutely …

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Life cycle (Leafhopper)

The commonest species on apple, Edwardsiana crataegi , overwinters as eggs laid in the autumn beneath the bark of twigs or small branches of fruit trees. Eggs hatch in April to early May. Nymphs feed until mid-summer. New adults appear in late July and …

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Pest status (Leafhopper)

Leafhoppers are minor pests of apple and pear but they have increased in abundance in apple orchards in recent years and have become troublesome in some …

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Other hosts (Leafhopper)

The commonest species in apple orchards currently, Edwardsiana crataegi , infests fruit trees including apple, pear, cherry, damson and plum. Hawthorn is its main wild host but it also occurs on a wide range of other rosaceous plants. The second most …

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