MITE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR REARING MITES

• Main Authors: BENAVENTE MARTINEZ, Alfredo, OAKLEY, Keith George, DUARTE, Marcus Vinicius Alfenas, GUILBAUD, Manon Helene Lionella, WACKERS, Felix, MERCKX, Jonas Andree Jozef, VANGANSBEKE, Dominiek, BOLCKMANS, Karel Jozef Florent Bolckmans
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.01.2023
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; 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; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRAPPING

The present invention relates to methods for the mass rearing of predatory mites, mite compositions and the use thereof for biological control. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of prey mites from the genus Czenspinskia for the mass rearing of predatory mites and for controlling a pest in a crop.