Abstract
The bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini Claparède is a soil pest of onion and garlic in Israel. We assayed its control by solar heating of the soil, by means of mulching with transparent polyethylene. Laboratory-infested peanut seeds were buried to various depths either in non-mulched or in mulched soil. At depths of 10 and 20 cm all mites died within 10 days; at 30 cm most mites died after 20 days and complete mortality occurred after 30 days.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 153-155 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Phytoparasitica |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1981 |
Keywords
- Bulb mite
- mulching
- onion and garlic pest
- polyethylene
- Rhizoglyphus robini
- solar heating of the soil
- solarization