The indigenous species of predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) as biological control agents of plant pests in Slovenia

Novljan, Monica (author), Bohinc, Tanja (author), Kreiter, Serge (author), Döker, Ismail (author), Trdan, Stanislav (author)

Phytoseiid mites are of great importance for the biological control of spider mites, thrips, and whiteflies. In this article, we present six species of predatory mites from the family Phytoseiidae, which are included in the list of indigenous organisms for biological control in Slovenia. These species are Amblyseius andersoni, Neoseiulus californicus, N. barkeri, N. cucumeris, Euseius gallicus, and Typhlodromus pyri. Being included in the list mentioned above, these species have great potential to be used in biological control and are technically qualified sources for the management of several pest species in agricultural production in Slovenia. Detailed information about the feeding habits, food preferences, and biological control potentials of these species is presented herein.

• Language: English
• Keywords: predatory mites, biological control, indigenous species, Slovenia, Phytoseiidae, Amblyseius andersoni, Amblyseius barkeri, Euseius gallicus, Neoseiulus californicus, Neoseiulus cucumeris, Typhlodromus pyri
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 1048-1061
• Numbering: Vol. 63, Iss.ǂ 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-151622
• UDC: 632
• ISSN on article: 0044-586X
• COBISS.SI-ID: 168199939
• Publication date in RUL: 12.10.2023

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Acarologia
• Shortened title: Acarologia
• Publisher: Acarologia
• ISSN: 0044-586X
• COBISS.SI-ID: 24838912

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: varstvo rastlin, škodljivci rastlin, predatorske pršice, naravni sovražniki, Slovenia, biotično varstvo rastlin

Projects

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Funding programme: Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano
• Project number: -
• Name: Expert Tasks from the Field of Plant Protection

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P4-0013-2022
• Name: Hortikultura