PREDATORY MITES WITH IMPROVED TRAITS

• Main Authors: TABIC, Arnon, BEN AMI, Reut, STEINBERG, Shimon
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 17.07.2024
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPIRITS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention discloses a biological control composition comprising a cultivated rearing population of Phytoseiulus persimilis (P. persimilis) predatory mite individuals, and optionally a carrier material, wherein at least 5% of the P. persimilis individuals comprise within their genome at least one Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) marker associated with the trait of improved rearing properties on a non-Tetranychid arthropod prey aass aa factious host, preferably on an immobilized non-Tetranychid arthropod prey, such as on an Astigmatid prey, most preferably on an immobilized Astigmatid prey, as compared to a P. persimilis population characterized by less than 5% individuals comprising within their genome said at least one SNP marker.