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LITTLE is known of the susceptibility to synthetic organic substances of the summer stages of the fruit tree red spider mite, Metatetranychus ulmi (Koch) (syn. Paratetranychus pilosus C. and F.), although recent work on this pest1, and on the related mite Tetranychus telarius L.2–5, has suggested that azobenzene is appreciably toxic. Consequently, we have recently examined in the laboratory, using M. ulmi as a test-organism, a series of compounds related to azobenzene, with the view of investigating the relation between toxicity and chemical structure.
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EATON, J., DAVIES, R. Toxicity of Azo-Compounds and Other Substances to the Fruit Tree Red Spider Mite. Nature 161, 644–645 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161644a0
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