Effect of feeding of the apple rust mite Aculus schlechtendali (Nal.) (Acari, Eriophyidae) on apple shoots elongation
1998
Kozlowski, J. (Institute of Plant Protection, Poznan (Poland)) | Kozlowska, M. (Agriculture Univestity, Poznan (Poland). Dept. of Mathematical and Statistical Methods)
Significant irregularities in shoot growth were noticed on three apple cultivars infested with Aculus schlechtendali. In cultivars numerously inhabited by the eriophyoid mite the growth of shoots, especially apical ones, was inhibited. Feeding of a small number of eriophyoids stimulated shoot growth. The rate of schoot elongation correlated with the size of this mite population
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