MITE COMPOSITION, USE THEREOF, METHOD FOR REARING THE PHYTOSEIID PREDATORY MITE AMBLYSEIUS SWIRSKII, REARING SYSTEM FOR REARING SAID PHYTOSEIID MITE AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL ON A CROP

• Main Authors: HOUTEN YVONNE MARIA VAN, BOLCKMANS KAREL JOZEF FLORENT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 20.05.2014
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRAPPING

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 pytoseiid predatory mite species or for releasing the pyhtoseiid predatory mite species in a crop. According to further aspects the invention relates to a method for rearing the pytoseiid 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.