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A Simple and Low Cost Method for Mass Production of the Predatory Mite Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Biological control
Mesostigmata
Mites
Predation

Abstract

Usually, the predator mite Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias - Henriot is commercially reared on living plants. Since this method has some disadvantage and occupy wide area, a new method is developed based on rearing the predatory mite in  controlled room under optimum temperature and humidity. Highly infested bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L., leaves were plucked and provided to the predator culture. The predator culture was maintained in  a plastic boxes and isolated carefully. A computer model was designed to assess the required daily leaflets. Thereafter, predators were collected purely and simply via aspiratory apparatus from the edge of the boxes and counted according to their weight. Almost 162,000 predator individuals were harvested within 4 weeks from five boxes occupied 1 m long shelf. A reasonable rate of increase of 1.26 individual per individual per day, was recorded in current study.

DOI

10.21608/ajesa.2021.163542

Keywords

Phytoseiulus persimilis, Mass production

Authors

First Name

E.

Last Name

Bakr

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt

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Volume

4

Article Issue

1

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23861

Issue Date

2010-12-01

Receive Date

2021-04-12

Publish Date

2021-04-12

Page Start

63

Page End

65

Print ISSN

1687-4633

Online ISSN

2090-3790

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https://ajesa.journals.ekb.eg/article_163542.html

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Original research articles

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28

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Journal

Publication Title

Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology

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https://ajesa.journals.ekb.eg/

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A Simple and Low Cost Method for Mass Production of the Predatory Mite Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

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22 Jan 2023