?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Autumn+acaricide+applications+as+a+new+strategy+to+control+the+pear+leaf+blister+mite+Eriophyes+pyri&rft.creator=Daniel%2C+Claudia&rft.creator=Linder%2C+Christian&rft.creator=Wyss%2C+Eric&rft.subject=Crop+health%2C+quality%2C+protection&rft.subject=Fruit+and+berries&rft.description=The+pear+leaf+blister+mite+Eriophyes+pyri+(Pagenstecher)+causes+severe+damage+to+pear+leaves+and+fruits.+As+mites+are+well+sheltered+from+exposure+to+plant+protection+agents+during+summer+and+acaricide+ef%C3%AF%C2%AC%C2%81cacy+is+reduced+when+temperatures+are+low+in+early+spring%2C+autumn+acaricide+applications+were+evaluated+to+control+mites+as+they+migrate+to+their+hibernation+sites.+Post-harvest+sulphur+and+mineral+oil+treatments+were+applied+in+September+2003+and+mites+were+monitored+in+the+following+spring.+Only+the+sulphur+treated+trees+were+virtually+free+of+blisters.+Sulphur+treatments+showed+an+ef%C3%AF%C2%AC%C2%81cacy+of+95.3%25+(one+application)+to+99.6%25+(three+applications)%2C+whereas%2C+mineral+oil+treatments+only+had+an+ef%C3%AF%C2%AC%C2%81cacy+of+12.8%25+(one+application)+to+69.6%25+(three+applications).+That+post+harvest+sulphur+applications+could+decontaminate+heavily+infested+orchards+was+possible+was+con%C3%AF%C2%AC%C2%81rmed+by+a+large-plot+trial+in+two+orchards+in+2004%2F2005.&rft.publisher=Elsevier&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F13124%2F1%2Fdaniel-etal-2007-CropProtectionSchwefelPockenmilbe.pdf&rft.identifier=Daniel%2C+Claudia%3B+Linder%2C+Christian+and+Wyss%2C+Eric+(2007)+Autumn+acaricide+applications+as+a+new+strategy+to+control+the+pear+leaf+blister+mite+Eriophyes+pyri.+Crop+Protection%2C+26+(10)%2C+pp.+1532-1537.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F13124%2F