Plant Protect. Sci., 1999, 35(4):136-138 | DOI: 10.17221/9782-PPS
Biological control of stored food mites on oilsecds using the mite predator Cheyletus eruditus (Schrank)Original Paper
The suppressive biological control of mites on oilseeds can be successful under the circumstances of the ratio of prey and predators being I : 20 to 1 : 50 and the original infestation not being higher than 500 specimens per 1 kg. Preventive biological control was carried out in empty oilseed stores after they were cleared. The predators which were released in the stores 2000 specimen s being evenly distributed over an area of 100 m2 were successful and suppress the population of acaroid mites.
Keywords: biological control; aca rid mites; Cheyietus eruditus: oilseeds
Published: December 31, 1999 Show citation
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