The broad mite on lemons in southern California
AuthorsRobert D. Brown
Vincent P. Jones
Authors AffiliationsRobert D. Brown, formerly Assistant Professor of Entomology, University of California, Riverside is now Research Fellow, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Riverside, California; Vincent P. Jones is Research Assistant, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside.
Hilgardia 37(7):21-22. DOI:10.3733/ca.v037n07p21. July 1983.
In the fall of 1979, a new mite pest was found damaging lemon fruit in a grove near the city of Ventura. This mite was identified as the broad mite, Polyphago-tarsonemus latus (Banks).
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