Selection Of Tetranychid Mite Species For Mass Multiplication Of The Predatory Mite Phytoseulus Macropilis

Applied biological control is defined as the production of beneficial arthropods to be released on a large scale in crops under attack by pests. This technique is an alternative to minimize the conventional use of insecticides. For the production of these beneficial organisms to be economically via...

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Main Authors: Bárbara Luísa Soares Silva, Juliana Carvalho Simões, Felipe de Lemos, Elem Fialho Martins
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Language:English
Published: Instituto de Zootecnia 2022-12-01
Series:Boletim de Indústria Animal
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Online Access:http://ojs.iz.sp.gov.br/index.php/bia/article/view/1902
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author Bárbara Luísa Soares Silva
Juliana Carvalho Simões
Felipe de Lemos
Elem Fialho Martins
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Juliana Carvalho Simões
Felipe de Lemos
Elem Fialho Martins
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description Applied biological control is defined as the production of beneficial arthropods to be released on a large scale in crops under attack by pests. This technique is an alternative to minimize the conventional use of insecticides. For the production of these beneficial organisms to be economically viable, they must be multiplied in large numbers with low cost and time. In the production of phytoseiid predatory mites, it is also necessary to multiply the pest in host plants, thus requiring the establishment of a tritrophic production system, which can burden the production process in a biofactory. One way to optimize the production of predatory mites is to select the best prey species (those that are most efficient for the predator to multiply with less cost and production time). In this sense, the objective of this work was to select the best species of phytophagous mites to be used in the production of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus macropilis. The selection criterion was the oviposition rate of two phytophagous mite species: the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae and the red mite Tetranychus ludeni, on leaves of Canavalia ensiformis (jack bean) during 4 days. There was a significant difference between phytophagous oviposition (z=17.89; DF=1; p<0.05) and the number of eggs laid by the two-spotted spider mite was 3 times higher than that of the red spider mite.These results indicate that the two-spotted spider mite has greater potential and multiplication efficiency in a biofactory for the production of predatory mites.
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spelling doaj.art-454fed08fbe2469a9de2b2f3454b77d32023-08-08T23:31:16ZengInstituto de ZootecniaBoletim de Indústria Animal1981-41002022-12-0179Selection Of Tetranychid Mite Species For Mass Multiplication Of The Predatory Mite Phytoseulus MacropilisBárbara Luísa Soares SilvaJuliana Carvalho SimõesFelipe de LemosElem Fialho Martins Applied biological control is defined as the production of beneficial arthropods to be released on a large scale in crops under attack by pests. This technique is an alternative to minimize the conventional use of insecticides. For the production of these beneficial organisms to be economically viable, they must be multiplied in large numbers with low cost and time. In the production of phytoseiid predatory mites, it is also necessary to multiply the pest in host plants, thus requiring the establishment of a tritrophic production system, which can burden the production process in a biofactory. One way to optimize the production of predatory mites is to select the best prey species (those that are most efficient for the predator to multiply with less cost and production time). In this sense, the objective of this work was to select the best species of phytophagous mites to be used in the production of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus macropilis. The selection criterion was the oviposition rate of two phytophagous mite species: the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae and the red mite Tetranychus ludeni, on leaves of Canavalia ensiformis (jack bean) during 4 days. There was a significant difference between phytophagous oviposition (z=17.89; DF=1; p<0.05) and the number of eggs laid by the two-spotted spider mite was 3 times higher than that of the red spider mite.These results indicate that the two-spotted spider mite has greater potential and multiplication efficiency in a biofactory for the production of predatory mites. http://ojs.iz.sp.gov.br/index.php/bia/article/view/1902Biological controlMass rearingPredator mite
spellingShingle Bárbara Luísa Soares Silva
Juliana Carvalho Simões
Felipe de Lemos
Elem Fialho Martins
Selection Of Tetranychid Mite Species For Mass Multiplication Of The Predatory Mite Phytoseulus Macropilis
Boletim de Indústria Animal
Biological control
Mass rearing
Predator mite
title Selection Of Tetranychid Mite Species For Mass Multiplication Of The Predatory Mite Phytoseulus Macropilis
title_full Selection Of Tetranychid Mite Species For Mass Multiplication Of The Predatory Mite Phytoseulus Macropilis
title_fullStr Selection Of Tetranychid Mite Species For Mass Multiplication Of The Predatory Mite Phytoseulus Macropilis
title_full_unstemmed Selection Of Tetranychid Mite Species For Mass Multiplication Of The Predatory Mite Phytoseulus Macropilis
title_short Selection Of Tetranychid Mite Species For Mass Multiplication Of The Predatory Mite Phytoseulus Macropilis
title_sort selection of tetranychid mite species for mass multiplication of the predatory mite phytoseulus macropilis
topic Biological control
Mass rearing
Predator mite
url http://ojs.iz.sp.gov.br/index.php/bia/article/view/1902
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