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‘The researchers found that populations of other cotton pests, particularly ones called mirids, have blossomed.’
‘Together, these results support the idea that resident mirids serve in anti-herbivore defense for P. urostachyum plants.’
‘The mirids differ between regions but they are a major problem in most cocoa growing regions.’
‘In the subfamily Bryocorinae, the mirids are separated into two tribes, Monaloniini or Odoniellini.’
‘If the proper pesticide had been used at the right time, the mirids could have been controlled in 2004, he said.’
‘Much smaller populations of the mirids were present on those same farms in 2005 and 2006.’
‘In the 25 days of observation, for example, 57 plants were found to harbor an average of 3.3 predatory mites, 16 plants contained nabids, and 30 plants contained mirids.’
‘These results show that the mirid compromises waterhyacinth competitiveness, and validate the introduction of the mirid into South Africa.’
‘Currently, mirid control relies on calendar spraying, which is both expensive and a huge challenge to cocoa sustainability.’
‘Lindane, a highly poisonous organochlorine, is sprayed on crops of cacao plants growing in Ghana and other west African countries to control mirid bugs, which cause the plants to wilt.’
‘This was also the first experiment to be inundated with high numbers of mirids on which to make control assessments.’
‘Nymphal mirids are very tiny, delicate creatures which may not resemble the adults very much.’
‘In the past, green mirids have apparently been controlled by standard Heliothis and Etiella sprays.’
‘With a 0.25 precision level, the number of samples needed to detect low mirid densities was nearly double for the ten leaflet procedure than for the seven leaf procedure.’
‘We have been evaluating different mirid sampling techniques to identify accurate mirid numbers to help growers decide which technique to use and when to control mirids.’
Origin
1940s: from modern Latin Miridae, from mirus ‘wonderful’.