MASS PRODUCTION OF THE PHYTOSEIID PREDATOR, PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS (ACARI: PHYTOSEIIDAE) | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||||
| Article 17, Volume 80, Issue 3, September 2002, Page 1173-1179 PDF (1.73 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2002.312641 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| IBRAHEM H. HEIKAL; GAMAL EL-DIN A. IBRAHIM | ||||
| Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| A method for mass production of the phytoseiid predator. Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks) (Acari : Phytoseiidae) under a net greenhouse was described. About 4 million motile stages of the predator could be obtained when the predator was reared on bean plants, Phaseolus vulgar-is (L.) infested with the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari : Tetranychidae) in a 6.5 x 25 m net greenhouse from late November 2000 to early January 2001. The produced predators were released on several strawberry fields at Ismailia Governorate for controlling the two-spotted spider mites. The production procedures is described. | ||||
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