Pollen Provisioning Enhances the Performance of Amblydromalus limonicus on an Unsuitable Prey [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Amblydromalus limonicus is a polyphagous phytoseiid predator used for the biological control of thrips and whiteflies in greenhouse crops. Besides various prey species, A. limonicus can also feed on pollen of different plants.
Evangelos Fytas +3 more
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Chilli thrips rose management using an Amblyseius swirskii or Amblydromalus limonicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) pepper banker plant [PDF]
Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 146, Issue 10, Page 1281-1292, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Banker plant systems can enhance biological control of arthropod pests in protected agriculture if they facilitate the persistence of beneficial organisms by providing them with persistent habitats or supplemental food such as pollen or nectar.
Erich N. Schoeller +2 more
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Assessing the augmentation of Amblydromalus limonicus with the supplementation of pollen, thread, and substrates to combat greenhouse whitefly populations. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2018 AbstractDue to issues with establishment and persistence of natural enemies in biological control, the provision of alternative food sources and oviposition sites are important factors to enhance pest control. In this study, three different supplementation treatments were examined for their ability to increase the populations of the predatory mite ...
Lee MH, Zhang ZQ.
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Morphological ontogeny of Amblydromalus limonicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) [PDF]
Systematic and Applied Acarology, 2018 The morphological ontogeny of Amblydromalus limonicus is described in this paper based on laboratory-reared specimens originated from Auckland, New Zealand. Comparisons between A. limonicus and A. lailae from Australia showed that the protonymphs, deutonymphs and adults of these two species are not distinguishable, but unusual differences are present ...
Min Ma, Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Qing-Hai Fan
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Habitat structure and its influence on populations of Amblydromalus limonicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) [PDF]
Systematic and Applied Acarology, 2016 Cannibalistic behaviour can be a limitation in mass rearing where predator-predator competition can be high. However, increasing habitat structural complexity has been shown to reduce cannibalism through a reduction in encounter rates and the provision of more refuge and oviposition sites.
Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Ming Hui Lee
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Pollen provisioning attenuates pesticide side‐effects on a phytoseiid predator [PDF]
Pest Management Science, Volume 80, Issue 6, Page 2619-2625, June 2024.Pollen provisioning as supplementary food source, despite its negative effect on average prey consumption, was found to increase the numerical response of Amblydromalus limonicus populations by positively impacting intrinsic rate of increase (rm) values.
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Pest categorisation of Eotetranychus sexmaculatus. [PDF]
EFSA J, 2023 Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Eotetranychus sexmaculatus (Acari: Tetranychidae), the six‐spotted spider mite, for the EU. The mite is native to North America and has spread to Asia and Oceania. It is not known to occur in the EU. The species is not listed in Annex II of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
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Enhanced top-down control of herbivore population growth on plants with impaired defences. [PDF]
Funct Ecol, 2022 Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Herbivore densities can be regulated by bottom‐up and top‐down forces such as plant defences and natural enemies, respectively. These forces can interact with each other to increase plant protection against herbivores; however, how much complementarity exists between ...
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Laboratory Investigations on the Potential Efficacy of Biological Control Agents on Two Thrips Species, Onion Thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman) and Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)). [PDF]
InsectsThrips biocontrol research in greenhouse crops has focused primarily on western flower thrips (WFT; Frankliniella occidentalis). However, recent outbreaks of onion thrips (OT; Thrips tabaci) in Ontario, Canada, demonstrate that biocontrol-based IPM ...
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High-quality alternative food reduces cannibalism in the predatory mite Amblyseius herbicolus (Acari: Phytoseiidae). [PDF]
Exp Appl Acarol, 2020 Predatory mites of the Phytoseiidae family are important biological control agents. Many species of this family are omnivores, i.e., besides on prey, they can feed on plant resources such as nectar and pollen.
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