Functional response of Amblyseius tamatavensis Blommers (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) to eggs of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on five host plants

Barbosa, Marina F. C.; Poletti, M.E.; Poletti, Elaine Cristina Catapani

doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.104030

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“…The functional response alone cannot explain the success or failure of T. (T.) setubali as a biological control agent [26]. Several determining factors can affect its e ciency such as the intraguild predation [27], interactions with potential predators, properties of host plants [28], as well as abiotic factors such as temperature [29]. Although other experimental conditions of temperature and relative humidity, as well as the food diets, were not tested, T. (T.) setubali can capture and feed on prey without any initial delay in learning ways to circumvent di culties.…”

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Laboratory measurement of the functional and numerical responses of the predaceous mite, Typhlodromus (T.) setubali to Panonychus ulmi (Phytoseiidae: Tetranychidae)

Ouassat

Allam

2020

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Background The functional response of a predator is one of the fundamental methods in ecological studies. Typhlodromus (T.) setubali (Dosse) is an indigenous predaceous mite recently re-described in Morocco. It was reported on various crops around the Mediterranean basin. This study aims to assess the functional response of T. (T.) setubali to the densities of 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128 immature stages of Panonychus ulmi under the controlled conditions of 26 ± 1 °C, 65 ± 5 % RH and 16:8 h L: D photoperiod. The logistic regression was used to determine the functional response and the oviposition activity of predator females was followed to evaluate the numerical response. Thereafter, both parameters (the attack rate (α) and handling time (Th)) were estimated and the results were entirely discussed. Results Logistic regression analysis revealed a Holling type II functional response, indicating that the number of P. ulmi killed by T. (T.) setubali females increased as the prey density increased. The values of attack rate (α) and handling time (Th) were 0.029 prey/ day and 0.573 prey, respectively. The oviposition of females increased above the prey density of 6.54 mites/cm2 and the highest value (m) was 1.86 eggs/ day. Finally, the prey density needed to achieve half the maximum response (n) was estimated to be 2.15 prey.Conclusions The functional response analysis is one of the most rigorous methods for understanding the ecophysiology of a predator. The proportions of prey consumed by T. (T.) setubali were higher at lower densities for P. ulmi immatures, implying that T. (T.) setubali should be more effective at suppressing the red spider mite populations at lower densities. Further laboratory-based studies are needed to draw biological conclusions.

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Laboratory measurement of the functional and numerical responses of the predaceous mite, Typhlodromus (T.) setubali to Panonychus ulmi (Phytoseiidae: Tetranychidae)

Ouassat

Allam

2020

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“…The two phytoseiid species displayed a Type II functional response to A. pallida, similar to that of A. andersoni when fed on Panonychus ulmi Koch (Tetranychidae) (Koveos & Broufas 2000). A type II functional response is common in phytoseiid mites (Afshar & Latifi 2017;Alfaia et al 2018;Barbosa et al 2019). Phytoseiid predators with a type II functional response, such as Neoseiulus californicus McGregor, Neoseiulus cucumeris Oudemans, Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes and Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot, were proved to be efficient for control of pest organisms, especially at low prey densities (Koehler 1999;Jafari et al 2012;van Lenteren 2012;Calvo et al 2015;Song et al 2016;Patel and Zhang 2017;Akyazi & Liburd 2019;Bazgir et al 2020).…”

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Functional response of Amblyseius andersoni and Neoseiulus neoreticuloides (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to adults of the wolfberry gall mite Aceria pallida (Acari: Eriophyoidae)

Liu

et al. 2021

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The gall mite, Aceria pallida Keifer (Acari: Eriophyoidae) is an economically important pest of wolfberry Lycium barbarum L. and can cause significant losses to plant production. Two species of phytoseiid predatory mites, Amblyseius andersoni Chant and Neoseiulus neoreticuloides Liang & Hu were found on L. barbarum in Bayan Nur city, Inner Mongolia, China. We assessed the potential of these two phytoseiid species as biological control agents against A. pallida, using functional response experiments with seven prey densities (5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 adults of A. pallida) on a wolfberry leaf under 25ºC ± 1ºC, 60% ± 5% RH and a 16:8 h (L:D) photoperiod. Overall, the predation of both species increased with increase in prey density. The consumption of A. andersoni female was significantly greater than that of conspecific males and N. neoreticuloides female at high prey densities. Both phytoseiid species displayed a type II functional response to A. pallida. Female A. andersoni had a higher attack rate (5.961) and a shorter handling time (0.014 d) than male A. andersoni (1.619; 0.019 d) and female N. neoreticuloides (0.719; 0.023 d). The maximum attack rate (T/Th) was estimated to be 71.43 and 52.63 for female and male A. andersoni, respectively, while it was 43.48 for female N. neoreticuloides. Both female and male A. andersoni consistently consumed significantly more prey than N. neoreticuloides across all densities of A. pallida adults.

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“…Predatory mites including; Typhlodromalus limonicus, Amblyseius swirskii, and Transeius montdorensis were screened for their reduction effect against different B. tabaci stages, A. swirskii increased mortality percentages of B. tabaci (Cuthbertson, 2014). Amblyseius tamatavensis is one of the promising phytosiid predatory mites for the control of the whitefly, a polyphagous pest (Marina et al, 2019). Amblyseius tamatavensis has been reported as potentially useful for Bemisia tabaci control of in over 20 countries around the world (Marcela et al, 2019).…”

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Evaluation of Some Predatory Mites effect Against Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Infesting Tomato Crop

Shehawy

Maklad

Mahmoud

et al. 2020

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, F. Toxicology

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In order to maximize the sustainable development and minimize using of chemical insecticide and its hazards to the environment, the current study was designed to elucidate the possible predacious effect of some predatory mites namely; Neoseiulus californicus, Typhlodrompis swirskii, Neoseiulus cucumeris, Typhlodromus nigavi, Phytoseiulius persimilis and Vertemic/Egyxide oil combination against Bemisia tabaci, in two summer seasons of tomato cultivars, either as a single treatment or in combination in a 2-yr field study; August 2018 and August 2019 in complete randomized block design. The results indicated that the single treatment of T. swirskii and T. nigavi as well as Vertemic/Egyxide oil (1ml + 2.5 ml/ liter combination) recoded 95.83, 81.16, and 77.39 reduction percentages in B. tabaci population in the first season respectively, the general mean of B. tabaci in the two seasons was 0.598, 3.307 and 3.379 individual/leaflet respectively after treatment by T. swirskii and T. nigavi and Vertemic/Egyxide oil. Moreover, a single treatment of N. californicus and N. cucumeris had a weak reduction effect against B. tabaci. Meanwhile, P. persimilis reduction effect was non significantly different from the control. Whereas, in the case of combination treatment the results indicated that all combination treatment had a significant reduction effect against B. tabaci in the two seasons compared with the control in the two seasons. Our results indicated a considerable role of different predatory mites including; T. swirskii and T. nigavi as effective biological control agents or Vertemic/Egyxide oil combination against B. tabaci and can be useful in integrated management programs of B. tabaci pest.

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Functional response of Amblyseius tamatavensis Blommers (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) to eggs of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on five host plants

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Laboratory measurement of the functional and numerical responses of the predaceous mite, Typhlodromus (T.) setubali to Panonychus ulmi (Phytoseiidae: Tetranychidae)

Laboratory measurement of the functional and numerical responses of the predaceous mite, Typhlodromus (T.) setubali to Panonychus ulmi (Phytoseiidae: Tetranychidae)

<p class="Body"><strong>Functional response of <em>Amblyseius andersoni </em>and <em>Neoseiulus neoreticuloides</em> (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to adults of the wolfberry gall mite <em>Aceria pallida </em>(Acari: Eriophyoidae)</strong></p>

Evaluation of Some Predatory Mites effect Against Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Infesting Tomato Crop

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