Mite composition, use thereof, method for rearing the phytoseiid predatory mite Amblyseius sirskii, rearing system for rearing said phytoseiid mite and methods for biological pest control on a crop
AssigneeKoppert B.V.
InventorsKarel Jozef Florent Bolckmans, Yvonne Maria van Houten
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel mite composition comprising a population of the phytoseiid predatory mite species Amblyseius swirskii. and a factitious host population, which may be employed for rearing said phytoseiid predatory mite species or for releasing the phytoseiid predatory mite species in a crop. According to further aspects the invention relates to a method for rearing the phytoseiid predatory mite species Amblyseius swirskii, to the use of the mite composition and to a method for biological pest control in a crop, which employ the mite composition.
Claims26
A mite composition comprising:
- a rearing population of the phytoseiid predatory mite species Amblyseius Swirskii,
- a factitious host population comprising at least one Astigmatid mite species,
- and optionally a carrier for individuals of said populations;
- wherein the Astigmatid mite is selected from the group consisting of:
- i) Carpoglyphidae,
- ii) Pyroglyphidae, and
- iii) Glyciophagïdae.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.