The Cunaxid Mite Neocunaxoides andrei (Baker & Hoffmann) as a Biological Control Agent of the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne javanica Chitwood | ||||
Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology | ||||
Article 9, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2009, Page 55-58 PDF (139.28 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original research articles | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2009.4966 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Salwa Shoala1; Gamal El Kady2 | ||||
1Plant Protection Research Institute, Dokki, Giza. | ||||
2Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Feeding capacity of the cunaxid mite Neocunaxoides andrei (Baker & Hoffmann) and its feeding capability on the rootknot nematode Meloilogyne javanica Chitwood, under laboratory or semi field conditions were studied. Results showed that, a female of N. andrei consumed an average of 177.2 second juvenile stage (j2s) of M. javanica within five days under the laboratory conditions of 26 ± 1°C and 70 ± 5% R.H. Data also indicated that, the presence of 20, 40 and 60 newly emerged N. andrei females together with 500 j2s M. javanica in pots planted with tomato seedlings 15 days old caused a reduction of about 59 %, 74 % and 86 % of M. javanica reached adult females after 30 days. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Cunaxid mite; Neocunaxoides andrei; root-knot nematode; Meloilogyne javanica; biological; control; feeding capacity | ||||
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