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Herbicides Harm Key Orchard Predatory Mites. [PDF]
Insects, 2023 The phytoseiid mites Galendromus occidentalis and Amblydromella caudiglans are critical for conservation biological control of pest mites in Washington State, U.S.A. apples. While the non-target effects of insecticides on phytoseiids are well described, research on herbicide effects is limited.
Bergeron P, Schmidt-Jeffris R.
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Proceedings of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2023 The Two-Spotted Spider Mite (TSSM) is a prevalent mite pest found worldwide and is extensively distributed in Mongolian greenhouses. In this study, we conducted a field experiment using predatory mites and botanical pesticides on eggplants infested by ...
Altantsetseg Zul +3 more
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Commercial Availability of Predatory Mites
EDIS, 2005 Predatory mites such as Neoseiulus californicus McGregor (Fig. 1) and Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot (Fig. 2) feed on important fruits and ornamental pests such as the twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch), broad mite ...
Silvia I. Rondon +4 more
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Minimal Pruning and Reduced Plant Protection Promote Predatory Mites in Grapevine [PDF]
Insects, 2017 Improving natural pest control by promoting high densities of predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is an effective way to prevent damage by pest mites (e.g., Eriophyidae, Tetranychidae) and other arthropod taxa that can cause serious damage to vineyards.
Theresa Pennington +4 more
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Thermal thresholds of the predatory mite Balaustium hernandezi [PDF]
Physiological Entomology, 2014 Abstract The lower and upper thermal activity thresholds of adult and larval Balaustium hernandezi von H eyden ( A cari: E rythraeidae) are compared with ...
Megan R. Coombs, Jeffrey S. Bale
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Unexpected Effects of Local Management and Landscape Composition on Predatory Mites and Their Food Resources in Vineyards [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Viticultural practices and landscape composition are the main drivers influencing biological pest control in vineyards. Predatory mites, mainly phytoseiid (Phytoseiidae) and tydeoid mites (Tydeidae), are important to control phytophagous mites ...
Stefan Möth +5 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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HeliyonThe damage caused by two-spotted spider mites, and the risks associated with chemical pesticides, including health and environmental risks necessitate the exploration of sustainable pest management methods.
Benard Mutuku, S.M. Mwendwa, E.M. Amwoka
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Non-associative versus associative learning by foraging predatory mites. [PDF]
BMC Ecol, 2017 Schausberger P, Peneder S.
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Cannibalism, predation rate, and intrigued predation of two predatory mites, Protogamasellopsis rhizoglyphusi (Rhodacaridae) and Gaeolaelaps aculeifer (Laelapidae) [PDF]
نامه انجمن حشرهشناسی ایران, 2023 The The effects of individual predatory include predatory capacity, cannibalism, starvation, and different interactions of predatory on each other which causes effects on the population of the prey and the population of the predatory.
Mohammad Reza Amin, Mohammad Khanjani
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