Results of the single release efficacy of the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) against the two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch) on a hop plantation

Vidrih, Matej (avtor), Turnšek, Anja (avtor), Rak Cizej, Magda (avtor), Bohinc, Tanja (avtor), Trdan, Stanislav (avtor)

In 2015, we studied the efficiency of the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) for suppression of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae in a field experiment at a hop plantation. We randomly arranged four treatments in a three-block experiment. Fungicides were used in all treatments; insecticides were used in all treatments except the predatory mite treatment and acaricides were used in only two treatments. A single inundative release of the mite N. californicus was carried out on 4 July. On four different dates (10 June, 17 July, 29 July and 9 August), we counted the eggs and the mobile stages (larvae, nymphs and adults) of the two-spotted spider mite in all four treatments. In the treatment with the predatory mite, we established the fewest eggs and mobile stages of T. urticae 14 days after the release of the predator. The selected acaricides in our research acted in a primarily ovicidal manner, but we did not detect satisfactory effects on the mobile stages of the two-spotted spider mite. This result suggests the emergence of resistance of two-spotted spider mites to the acaricides hexythiazox and abamectin. Our research established comparable effects of the predatory mite N. californicus and acaricides, and further improvement of the efficiency would require release of the natural enemy into a hop plantation in mid-June, followed by a second release three weeks later. The costs of acaricide use in our experiment were from 12.7-fold (two sprayings of hexythiazox, and a single spraying with abamectin) to 17.8-fold (single treatments of hexythiazox and abamectin) lower than those of a single release of the biological control agent in question. The results of our study represent a starting point for future research, which could achieve satisfactory results in suppressing two-spotted spider mites on a hop plantation by repeated use of the predatory mite N. californicus.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: two-spotted spider mite, Humulus lupulus, predatory mite, biological control
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: BF - Biotehniška fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2021
• Št. strani: 12 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 11, iss. 1, art. 118
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-134807
• UDK: 632
• ISSN pri članku: 2076-3417
• DOI: 10.3390/app11010118
• COBISS.SI-ID: 44502275
• Datum objave v RUL: 02.02.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Applied sciences
• Skrajšan naslov: Appl. sci.
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 2076-3417
• COBISS.SI-ID: 522979353

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 01.01.2021

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: biotično varstvo, naravni sovražniki, predatorske pršice, Neoseiulus californicus, škodljivci rastlin, Tetranychus urticae, hmelj

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P4-0013
• Naslov: Hortikultura

• Financer: Drugi - Drug financer ali več financerjev
• Program financ.: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Administration of The Republic of Slovenia for Food Safety, Veterinary and Plant Protection, Professional Tasks from the Field of Plant Protection