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Sulfur can suppress mite predators in vineyards
California Agriculture, 1997 The Pacific spider mite and the Willamette spider mite are the most common mite pests on grapevines. A single-season study of a vineyard near Madera showed that regular sulfur applications for powdery mildew control can exacerbate ...
Rachid Hanna +3 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015 A study was conducted on the biodiversity of predatory acarines of several districts of northern Kerala. The study revealed the occurrence of a new species of predatory mite under the family Phytoseiidae from Palakkad District.
P.K. Sajna Haneef +1 more
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Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2020 The efficacy of the fungus Lecanicillium lecanii and two bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis and Streptomyces avermitilis against the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch and side effects on its predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis A.-H. was
Alexandra A. Zenkova +6 more
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Improving control of duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by rooting media related strategies [PDF]
, 2009 Soil-dwelling predatory mites can be very effective as biological control agents against larvae of the lepidopteral pest Duponchelia fovealis. Some growing media were reported to have natural high level and stable populations of predatory mite.
Blok, C., Messelink, G.J.
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Predatory mites protect own eggs against predators [PDF]
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2021 AbstractPredators frequently compete with other species for prey but can also interact by preying on each other’s vulnerable stages. Because eggs and juveniles are more vulnerable to this intraguild predation than adults, their survival will depend on maternal strategies to reduce predation risk.
Fumiaki Saitoh +2 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Arthropod pathogens and other microorganisms have been documented from mass production systems aimed at producing natural enemies for pest control. If losses due to pathogens are encountered in such systems, they could lead to uneconomical production of ...
Zhongqiu Xie +3 more
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Detecting two-spotted spider mites and predatory mites in strawberry using deep learning
Smart Agricultural Technology, 2023 Strawberries are an important and high-value crop in the United States. The total value of strawberry production in the United States was $3.42 billion in 2021.
Congliang Zhou +7 more
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Persian Journal of Acarology, 2014 Determination of the host preference of predatory mites when receiving signals related to either untreated and Beauveria bassiana-treated Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) is important in predicting the predatory mite’s reaction when ...
Marjan Seiedy
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Pest species diversity enhances control of spider mites and whiteflies by a generalist phytoseiid predator [PDF]
, 2010 To test the hypothesis that pest species diversity enhances biological pest control with generalist predators, we studied the dynamics of three major pest species on greenhouse cucumber: Western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande ...
Holstein-Saj, R., van +4 more
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Phytophagous and predatory mites in slovenia
Acarologia, 2013 A chronology and review of previous publications on the occurrence and description of plant-inhabiting mites in Slovenia is presented. The list of mites recorded in Slovenia includes six species of Tetranychidae, which were first recorded by Janezic in 1951 and 1975.
Bohinc, Tanja, Trdan, Stanislav
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