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THREE species of mites are known to attack cotton in Uganda. These are yellow tea mite, Hemitarsonemus latus (Banks)1, red mite, Tetranychus telarius (L.)2, and ‘green mite’, Eotetranychus sp. nr. deflexus (McGregor).
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INGRAM, W. Effect of ‘Rogor’ (Dimethoate) and DDT on Cotton Mites in Uganda. Nature 195, 1224–1225 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1951224a0
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