Effect of acaricides/pesticides on Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes), which damages the passion fruit, and the influence of high temperature on its survival

This study investigated the effects of acaricides/pesticides against Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes), which damages the passion fruit, and the effect of high temperature on its survival. Machine oil (97%) and polyglycerol esters of fatty acids are the effective acaricides/insecticides that are permitted to be used against B. phoenicis in the cultivation of the passion fruit in Japan. Milbemectin, a mixture of avermectin and etoxazole, pyridaben, and a mixture of cyenopyrafen and pyridaben, which are not permitted for use in the cultivation of the passion fruit in Japan, were also found to be highly effective against B. phoenicis.