1049-9644/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Inc. A doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.07.006 * Corresponding author. Present Address: Agricultur Cyprus. Fax: +357 22316770. E-mail address: [email protected] (M We studied the effects of temperatures from 10 to 40 C on development of the Pacific spider mite, Tetranychus pacificus (McGregor), and the Willamette spider mite, Eotetranychus w...

The effects of three sulfur products (calcium polysulfide [= lime sulfur], dry flowable sulfur, and ammonium thiosulfate, a plant nutrient), were tested in bioassays against a predatory mite, Galandromus occidentalis (Nesbitt), and two species of tetranychid (pest) mites, twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch) and European red mite [Panonychus ulmi (Koch)]. Calcium polysulfide and am...

The reception of chemical cues in the environment is essential for survival almost all organisms, including phytoseiid mites. Compared with progress made field insect olfaction, understanding how predatory mites perceive compounds and react to their surroundings merely fragmentarily documented past decades. In this review, we provide a guide from chemoecology herbivore-induced plant volatiles (...

Abstract Background Selection of suitable predators for the control spider mite, Panonychus citri is always a challenge due to lack their reliable predicted efficacy. In this laboratory study, biological potential Neoseiulus californicus , N. cucumeris and Scapulaseius newsami, against P. using “Relative Control Potential” (RCP) metric compare efficacies was evaluated. The functional response t...

Numerous lab and field studies have reported the potential of soil predatory mites for biological control plant-parasitic nematodes arthropods pests. Most these utilized biocontrol agents in augmentative releases, essentially controlling pest with released predators. While this may be a valid approach, we hypothesize that conservation mite predators available, suitable, accessible free-living a...

This study was carried out 7 years after a first one conducted in 2013 as part of the policy Benin government to promote vegetable production sector. Data collection mostly based on countrywide survey 25 municipalities throughout Benin, from August December 2020. Farmers were selected their experience cultivating solanaceous crops, and interviewed assess perception about severity spider mite Te...