Supplemental food for Amblyseius swirskii in the control of thrips: feeding friend or foe?. Issue 3 (13th April 2015)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Supplemental food for Amblyseius swirskii in the control of thrips: feeding friend or foe?. Issue 3 (13th April 2015)
- Main Title:
- Supplemental food for Amblyseius swirskii in the control of thrips: feeding friend or foe?
- Authors:
- Vangansbeke, Dominiek
Nguyen, Duc Tung
Audenaert, Joachim
Verhoeven, Ruth
Gobin, Bruno
Tirry, Luc
De Clercq, Patrick - Abstract:
- Abstract: BACKGROUND: In integrated pest management systems in greenhouse crops, the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii is becoming increasingly important as a biological control agent of various pests, especially thrips and whiteflies. An emerging strategy to promote the predator's establishment and retention in the crop consists in providing food supplements. However, when faced with omnivorous pests, such as the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, food supplements need to be applied with extreme care, in order not to boost population growth of the pest. This laboratory study was conducted to evaluate the impact of commercial products of Typha angustifolia pollen and decapsulated brine shrimp cysts ( Artemia sp.) on populations of both pest and predator and on predator–prey interactions. RESULTS: Pollen was highly supportive for both F. occidentalis and A. swirskii, whereas Artemia cysts supported thrips populations to a lesser extent than those of the predator. Furthermore, a less pronounced reduction in thrips consumption by A. swirskii was observed in the presence of Artemia cysts as compared with T. angustifolia pollen. CONCLUSION: Artemia might be a valuable alternative to pollen for supporting populations of A. swirskii in order to improve thrips management, as they are less beneficial for the pest but do support population growth of A. swirskii . © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry
- Is Part Of:
- Pest management science. Volume 72:Issue 3(2016:Mar.)
- Journal:
- Pest management science
- Issue:
- Volume 72:Issue 3(2016:Mar.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 72, Issue 3 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 72
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0072-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 466
- Page End:
- 473
- Publication Date:
- 2015-04-13
- Subjects:
- Frankliniella occidentalis -- Amblyseius swirskii -- food supplementation -- Typha angustifolia -- Artemia sp -- intrinsic rate of increase -- predation rate
Pests -- Control -- Periodicals
Pesticides -- Periodicals
632.9 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1002/ps.4000 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1526-498X
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- Legaldeposit
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