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Agriculture · Q386

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 386

Q386

Following is the acaricide widely recommended for mite management

A.
Kelthane
Answer
B.
Rogor
C.
Monocrotophos
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Kelthane is the acaricide widely recommended for mite management.
Kelthane 50 WSP Miti- cide is a specific contact miticide recommended for use on trees, shrubs, foliage plants, listed fruit-bearing trees and flowers in outdoor plantscapes, nurseries and greenhouses.
Acaricides are pesticides used to kill ticks and mites. Acaricides include chlorinated hydrocarbons, organophosphorous compounds, carbamates, pyrethroids, formamidines and avermectins.