ácaro branco do algod？o Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks, 1904) (Acari: Tarsonemidae) e ensaio de combate químico

chemical control of the tropical mite was evaluated by means of a field test conducted in tiete, state of s？o paulo, brazil. seven treatments with four replicates each were applied to plots of 150m2. treatments and their respective active ingredients were as follows: a) check; b) triazophos, 300g; c) triazophos, 150g + pheromones (multimethyl alkenols), 4.77g; d) propargite, 1080g; e) abamectin, 6g + pheromones (multimethyl alkenols), 6.67g; f) profenophos, 400g; g) sulfur, 3000g. best results were obtained with treatment b (triazophos), followed by g (sulfur) and the two mixtures with pheromones (c and e) (triazophos plus multimethyl alkenols and abamectin plus multimethyl alkenols) (tables 2, 3 and 4). predador mites were considered.