Temperature-specific competition in predatory mites: Implications for biological pest control in a changing climate

2016 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 89-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celeste Guzmán ◽  
Ernestina Aguilar-Fenollosa ◽  
Rosa M. Sahún ◽  
Juan Ramón Boyero ◽  
José Miguel Vela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pest Control ◽  
Predatory Mites ◽  
Biological Pest Control ◽  
Changing Climate

scholarly journals Unexpected Effects of Local Management and Landscape Composition on Predatory Mites and Their Food Resources in Vineyards

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 180
Author(s):  
Stefan Möth ◽  
Andreas Walzer ◽  
Markus Redl ◽  
Božana Petrović ◽  
Christoph Hoffmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pest Control ◽  
Predatory Mites ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Landscape Composition ◽  
Pesticide Use ◽  
Biological Pest Control ◽  
Phytophagous Mites ◽  
Spontaneous Vegetation ◽  
Important Food Source ◽  
Eriophyoid Mite

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 (Tetranychidae and Eriophyidae) on vines. In the absence of arthropod prey, pollen is an important food source for predatory mites. In 32 paired vineyards located in Burgenland/Austria, we examined the effect of landscape composition, management type (organic/integrated), pesticide use, and cover crop diversity of the inter-row on the densities of phytoseiid, tydeoid, and phytophagous mites. In addition, we sampled pollen on vine leaves. Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten was the main phytoseiid mite species and Tydeus goetzi Schruft the main tydeoid species. Interestingly, the area-related acute pesticide toxicity loading was higher in organic than in integrated vineyards. The densities of phytoseiid and tydeoid mites was higher in integrated vineyards and in vineyards with spontaneous vegetation. Their population also profited from an increased viticultural area at the landscape scale. Eriophyoid mite densities were extremely low across all vineyards and spider mites were absent. Biological pest control of phytophagous mites benefits from less intensive pesticide use and spontaneous vegetation cover in vineyard inter-rows, which should be considered in agri-environmental schemes.

scholarly journals Food web engineering: ecology and evolution to improve biological pest control

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Montserrat ◽  
Diego Serrano-Carnero ◽  
Inmaculada Torres-Campos ◽  
Mehdi Bohloolzadeh ◽  
Dolores Ruiz-Lupión ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Web ◽  
Pest Control ◽  
Web Engineering ◽  
Biological Pest Control

Biological Pest Control in Mexico

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor Williams ◽  
Hugo C. Arredondo-Bernal ◽  
Luis A. Rodríguez-del-Bosque
Keyword(s):  
Pest Control ◽  
Biological Pest Control

scholarly journals Crop Diversification Affects Biological Pest Control

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrije Marković
Keyword(s):  
Pest Control ◽  
Habitat Management ◽  
Crop Diversification ◽  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
Beneficial Arthropods ◽  
Habitat Manipulation ◽  
Biological Pest Control ◽  
Agricultural Ecosystems ◽  
The Impact

Crop monocultures encourage the multiplication and spread of pest insects on massive and uniform crop. Numerous studies have evaluated the impact of plant diversification on pests and beneficial arthropods population dynamics in agricultural ecosystems and provided some evidence that habitat manipulation techniques like intercropping can significantly influence pest control. This paper describes various potential options of habitat management and design that enhance ecological role of biodiversity in agroecosystems. The focus of this review is the application and mechanisms of biodiversity in agricultural systems to enhance pest management.

scholarly journals Mathematical analysis of a model on guava for biological pest control

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shimu Karmaker ◽  
Fatema Yesmen Ruhi ◽  
Uzzwal Kumar Mallick
Keyword(s):  
Pest Control ◽  
Mathematical Analysis ◽  
Biological Pest Control

Evaluation of a contraction flow field on hydrodynamic damage to entomopathogenic nematodes?A biological pest control agent

2004 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane P. Fife ◽  
Richard C. Derksen ◽  
H. Erdal Ozkan ◽  
Parwinder S. Grewal ◽  
Jeffrey J. Chalmers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Pest Control ◽  
Entomopathogenic Nematodes ◽  
Control Agent ◽  
Contraction Flow ◽  
Biological Pest Control
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