Sulfur can suppress mite predators in vineyards
- Rachid Hanna
- Frank Zalom
- Lloyd T. Wilson
- George Leavitt
Publication date
January 1997
DOI Publisher
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) ISSN
0008-0845 Journal
California Agriculture Citation count (estimate)
33Abstract
The Pacific spider mite and the Willamette spider mite are the most common mite pests on grapevines. A single-season study of a vineyard near Madera showed that regular sulfur applications for powdery mildew control can exacerbate spider mite problems in vineyards by suppressing populations of predatory thrips and predatory mites
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