Citrus Red Mite Control on ‘4-40’ Satsuma Selection in Louisiana, 1991

The study was conducted on a plot of‘4-40’ satsuma mandarin trees located at the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center’s Citrus Research Station, Port Sulphur, LA. Pretreatment mite counts were made 11 Jun, and all treatments were applied 13 Jun with the aid of a FMC model 100 CP airblast sprayer and a tractor speed of 3rd low 1200 RPM to generate an operating pressure of approximately 200 psi. The study consisted of 5 treatments with 10 single tree replications from which mite counts were determined by taking 5 leaves per tree and counting the number of live mites on the right bottom half of the leaf and then doubling the count to obtain the number of mites per leaf. After treatment application mite counts were made at 7, 14, 30, 60, 90, and 120 DAT. All miticide spray solutions were buffered to a pH of approximately 6.0 with the addition of Triton AG-44 M (Latron AG-44 M).