Composition comprising arthropods and astigmatid mite eggs
AssigneesBioline Agrosciences France, Centre International D'Etudes Superieures En Sciences Agronomiques
InventorsSabine Guichou, Serge Kreiter, Maxime Ferrero, Pascal Maignet
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a biological control composition comprising at least arthropod biological control agents and astigmatid mite eggs. The invention also relates to the use of astigmatid mite eggs as a nutrient source for arthropod biological control agents. The invention also relates to a biological control composition comprising at least one population of arthropod biological control agents, a nutrient source comprising astigmatid mite eggs, and optionally, a support and/or dissemination substrate. Finally, the present invention further relates to a method for rearing arthropods from astigmatid mite eggs as a nutrient source.
Claims9
A method of rearing a population of arthropod biological control agents wherein the control agents are predators selected from the family Phytoseiidae, comprising feeding an effective amount of a nutrient source to the population of arthropod biological control agents, wherein the nutrient source comprises astigmatid mite eggs selected from eggs of Acarus farris, Acarus immobilis, Acarus chaetoxysilos, Tyrophagus longior, Tyrophagus similis, Lardoglyphus konoi, Caloglyphus mycophagus, Caloglyphus berlesei, Suidasia nesbitti, Carpoglyphus munroi, Glycyphagus domesticus, Lepidoglyphus destructor, Blomia freemani, or Chortoglyphus arcuatus, and wherein the nutrient source does not contain larvae, nymphs or adult astigmatid mites.
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