Managing Insects and Mites with Spray Oils

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• Personal Author:
  Davidson NA ; Dibble JE ; Flint ML ; Guye A ; Marer PJ
• Description:
  Petroleum oil sprays have been used for pest control for more than 100 years. Their limited use in the late 1800s and early 1900s, primarily as dormant sprays for decidu­ous tree crops, stemmed partly from concerns that oil sprays applied during the growing season might injure plants, as had earlier oil formulations. Most oils regis­tered for use in pest control in the United States today are still distillations of petroleum, although cottonseed and other plant-derived oils may eventually be used more. Mineral, horticultural spray, and citrus oils are all terms that describe various types of spray oils available. Narrow-range horticultural spray oils were developed in the mid-1960s and have been in use since. They rarely cause phytotoxicity, and are gaining acceptance for use during the growing season to control a wide array of in­sect and mite pests on deciduous fruit trees, citrus trees, and ornamental trees and shrubs. In addition, other oils developed in the 1980s do not contaminate the air, soil, or water. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Insecticides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Chemical-analysis Chemical-properties Crop-spraying Environmental-control Environmental-exposure Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Exposure-methods Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Pests Toxic-effects

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• ISBN:
  9781879906075
• Publisher:
  IPM Education and Publications,Univ of CA Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-45
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033385
• Citation:
  Oakland, CA: IPM Education and Publications, Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 3347, 1991 Dec; :1-45
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19900930
• Source Full Name:
  Managing insects and mites with spray oils.
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188990/cdc_188990_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 15.41 MB ]