Predatory mites with improved traits

A cultivated Phytoseiulus persimilis (P. persimilis) mite individual, wherein said cultivated Phytoseiulus predatory individual comprises within its genome at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker selected from:

• a. SNP1 at position corresponding to position 163 of a sequence comprising at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:1 or complementary sequence thereof,
• b. SNP2 at position 181 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:2 or complementary sequence thereof,
• c. SNP3 at position 197 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:3 or complementary sequence thereof,
• d. SNP4 at position 111 and/or SNP5 at position 165 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:4 or complementary sequence thereof,
• e. SNP6 at position 193 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:5 or complementary sequence thereof,
• f. SNP7 at position 186 and/or SNP8 at position 193 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:6 or complementary sequence thereof,
• g. SNP9 at position 161 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:7 or complementary sequence thereof,
• h. SNP10 at position 203 and/or SNP11 at position 213 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:8 or complementary sequence thereof,
• i. SNP12 at position 163 and/or SNP13 at position 192 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:9 or complementary sequence thereof,
• j. SNP14 at position 208 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:10 or complementary sequence thereof,
• k. SNP15 at position 199 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:11 or complementary sequence thereof,
• l. SNP16 at position 266 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:12 or complementary sequence thereof,
• m. SNP17 at position 216 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:13 or complementary sequence thereof,
• n. SNP18 at position 187 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:14 or complementary sequence thereof,
• o. SNP19 at position 279 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:15 or complementary sequence thereof,
• p. SNP20 at position 188 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:16 or complementary sequence thereof,
• q. SNP21 at position 165 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:17 or complementary sequence thereof,
• r. SNP22 at position 183 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:18 or complementary sequence thereof,
• s. SNP23 at position 133 and/or SNP24 at position 182 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:19 or complementary sequence thereof,
• t. SNP25 at position 146 and/or SNP26 position 323 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:20 or complementary sequence thereof,
• u. SNP27 at position 241 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:21 or complementary sequence thereof,
• v. SNP28 at position 236 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:22 or complementary sequence thereof,
• w. SNP29 at position 199 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:23 or complementary sequence thereof,
• x. SNP30 at position 185 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:24 or complementary sequence thereof,
• y. SNP31 at position 158 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:
• or complementary sequence thereof,
• z. SNP32 at position 143 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:26 or complementary sequence thereof,
• aa. SNP33 at position 157 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:27 or complementary sequence thereof, and
• bb. SNP34 at position 161 of a sequence having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:28 or complementary sequence thereof, and any combination thereof.

An isolated nucleic acid sequence comprising at least 90% similarity to a polynucleotide sequence selected from (a) at least one sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:1 to SEQ ID NO:

• 28 and SEQ ID NO:84 to SEQ ID NO:91 and any combination thereof, and/or (b) at least one sequence pair selected from
• SEQ ID NO:29 and SEQ ID NO:30,
• SEQ ID NO:31 and SEQ ID NO:32,
• SEQ ID NO:33 and SEQ ID NO:34,
• SEQ ID NO:35 and SEQ ID NO:36
• SEQ ID NO:37 and SEQ ID NO:38,
• SEQ ID NO:39 and SEQ ID NO:40,
• SEQ ID NO:41 and SEQ ID NO:42,
• SEQ ID NO:43 and SEQ ID NO:44,
• SEQ ID NO:45 and SEQ ID NO:46,
• SEQ ID NO:47 and SEQ ID NO:48,
• SEQ ID NO:49 and SEQ ID NO:50,
• SEQ ID NO:51 and SEQ ID NO:50,
• SEQ ID NO:52 and SEQ ID NO:53,
• SEQ ID NO:54 and SEQ ID NO:55,
• SEQ ID NO:56 and SEQ ID NO:57,
• SEQ ID NO:58 and SEQ ID NO:59,
• SEQ ID NO:60 and SEQ ID NO:61,
• SEQ ID NO:62 and SEQ ID NO:63,
• SEQ ID NO:64 and SEQ ID NO:65,
• SEQ ID NO:66 and SEQ ID NO:67,
• SEQ ID NO:68 and SEQ ID NO:69,
• SEQ ID NO:70 and SEQ ID NO:71,
• SEQ ID NO:72 and SEQ ID NO:73,
• SEQ ID NO:74 and SEQ ID NO:75,
• SEQ ID NO:76 and SEQ ID NO:77,
• SEQ ID NO:78 and SEQ ID NO:79,
• SEQ ID NO:80 and SEQ ID NO:81, and
• SEQ ID NO:82 and SEQ ID NO:83,
• for use in genetic-characterization of improved rearing properties in predatory mites.