Evaluate the Feeding Preference of Some Predator Mites Towards Red Spider Mites Untreated and Treated With Beauveria bassiana
Hassan, D., Mikhail, W., Rizk, M., Sobhy, H., Nada, M. (2017). Evaluate the Feeding Preference of Some Predator Mites Towards Red Spider Mites Untreated and Treated With Beauveria bassiana. EKB Journal Management System, 10(5), 11-20. doi: 10.21608/eajb.2017.12155
Dalia M. A. Hassan; Wafai Z. A. Mikhail; Marguerite A. Rizk; Hassan M. Sobhy; Maha S. Nada. "Evaluate the Feeding Preference of Some Predator Mites Towards Red Spider Mites Untreated and Treated With Beauveria bassiana". EKB Journal Management System, 10, 5, 2017, 11-20. doi: 10.21608/eajb.2017.12155
Hassan, D., Mikhail, W., Rizk, M., Sobhy, H., Nada, M. (2017). 'Evaluate the Feeding Preference of Some Predator Mites Towards Red Spider Mites Untreated and Treated With Beauveria bassiana', EKB Journal Management System, 10(5), pp. 11-20. doi: 10.21608/eajb.2017.12155
Hassan, D., Mikhail, W., Rizk, M., Sobhy, H., Nada, M. Evaluate the Feeding Preference of Some Predator Mites Towards Red Spider Mites Untreated and Treated With Beauveria bassiana. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 10(5): 11-20. doi: 10.21608/eajb.2017.12155

Evaluate the Feeding Preference of Some Predator Mites Towards Red Spider Mites Untreated and Treated With Beauveria bassiana

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology
Article 2, Volume 10, Issue 5, September 2017, Page 11-20  XML PDF (339.25 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/eajb.2017.12155
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Authors
Dalia M. A. Hassan1; Wafai Z. A. Mikhail2; Marguerite A. Rizk3; Hassan M. Sobhy4; Maha S. Nada3
1Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt.
2Department of Natural Resources, Institute of African Research and Studies, Cairo University
3Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt
4Department of Natural Resources, Institute of African Research and Studies, Cairo University.
Abstract
Results of the present study are based on the ability of the predator mites Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and Neoseiulus californicus that used as biological control agents to recognize if the preyTetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) is treated with entomopathogenic fungi, and measure their preference toward untreated and treated T. urticae with Beauveria bassiana. In the early stages of the fungus infection predators were able to consume T. urticae treated with the fungus. While after 48 and 72h. P. persimilis and N. californicus were able to determine the treated prey with the entomopathogenic fungi B. bassiana, and prefer to prey on the untreated mites. This avoidance behaviour of the predator mites permits to use them as complementary biological control agents with entomopathogenic fungi in Integrate Pest Management (IPM) program.
Keywords
Tetranychus urticae; Phytoseiulus persimilis; Neoseiulus californicus; Entomopathogenic fungi; Beauveria bassiana; feeding preference
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