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AFTER a long series of experiments in attempting to control red spider in cucumber houses by fumigation, it has been found possible to utilise the vapours of naphthalene for the purpose. Red spider is the worst pest with which the grower of cucumbers has to contend, and the continuous attacks year after year have made the problem of control one of prime economic importance.
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SPEYER, E., OWEN, O. The Effect of Naphthalene Vapour on Red Spider Mite (Tetranychus telarius, L.). Nature 113, 820–821 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113820b0
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