Effect of predator exclusion on cassava infested with tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Chemical exclusion of predators with permethrin was used to test the effectiveness of the phytoseiid predator Amblyseius limonicus Garman and McGregor and a complex of minor predators in the biological control of tetranychid (Mononychellus spp., Tetranychus spp., and Oligonychus peruvianus McGregor)...

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Main Authors: Braun, Ann R., Bellotti, Anthony C., Guerrero, J.M., Wilson, LT
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1989
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42786
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author Braun, Ann R.
Bellotti, Anthony C.
Guerrero, J.M.
Wilson, LT
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Braun, Ann R.
Guerrero, J.M.
Wilson, LT
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Bellotti, Anthony C.
Guerrero, J.M.
Wilson, LT
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description Chemical exclusion of predators with permethrin was used to test the effectiveness of the phytoseiid predator Amblyseius limonicus Garman and McGregor and a complex of minor predators in the biological control of tetranychid (Mononychellus spp., Tetranychus spp., and Oligonychus peruvianus McGregor) pests of cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz. Mononychellus spp. and Tetranychus spp. populations were significantly higher and predator populations significantly lower in permethrin-treated plots than in control plots. Numbers of O. peruvianus were not affected by permethrin. Yield of fresh commercial roots and of dry matter was significantly higher in plots with predators than in plots where permethrin was applied every 2 wk for predator exclusion. Yields of neither fresh nor dry matter in control plots were significantly different from yields in plots that had been protected with acaricide, suggesting that predation kept spider mite populations below economically damaging levels. Publication date: 01 August 1989
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spelling CGSpace427862021-10-08T18:19:50Z Effect of predator exclusion on cassava infested with tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) Braun, Ann R. Bellotti, Anthony C. Guerrero, J.M. Wilson, LT manihot esculenta mononychellus mononychellus progresivus tetranychus tetranychus urticae oligonychus peruvianus predators and parasites population dynamics acaricides root productivity dry matter biological control composition diseases and pathogens injurious mites mite control mycoses noxious animals pest control pests productivity starch crops depredadores y parasitos dinamica de poblacion acaricidas productividad de raices materia seca Chemical exclusion of predators with permethrin was used to test the effectiveness of the phytoseiid predator Amblyseius limonicus Garman and McGregor and a complex of minor predators in the biological control of tetranychid (Mononychellus spp., Tetranychus spp., and Oligonychus peruvianus McGregor) pests of cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz. Mononychellus spp. and Tetranychus spp. populations were significantly higher and predator populations significantly lower in permethrin-treated plots than in control plots. Numbers of O. peruvianus were not affected by permethrin. Yield of fresh commercial roots and of dry matter was significantly higher in plots with predators than in plots where permethrin was applied every 2 wk for predator exclusion. Yields of neither fresh nor dry matter in control plots were significantly different from yields in plots that had been protected with acaricide, suggesting that predation kept spider mite populations below economically damaging levels. Publication date: 01 August 1989 1989 2014-09-24T07:58:34Z 2014-09-24T07:58:34Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42786 en Open Access
spellingShingle manihot esculenta
mononychellus
mononychellus progresivus
tetranychus
tetranychus urticae
oligonychus peruvianus
predators and parasites
population dynamics
acaricides
root productivity
dry matter
biological control
composition
diseases and pathogens
injurious mites
mite control
mycoses
noxious animals
pest control
pests
productivity
starch crops
depredadores y parasitos
dinamica de poblacion
acaricidas
productividad de raices
materia seca
Braun, Ann R.
Bellotti, Anthony C.
Guerrero, J.M.
Wilson, LT
Effect of predator exclusion on cassava infested with tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae)
title Effect of predator exclusion on cassava infested with tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae)
title_full Effect of predator exclusion on cassava infested with tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae)
title_fullStr Effect of predator exclusion on cassava infested with tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae)
title_full_unstemmed Effect of predator exclusion on cassava infested with tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae)
title_short Effect of predator exclusion on cassava infested with tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae)
title_sort effect of predator exclusion on cassava infested with tetranychid mites acari tetranychidae
topic manihot esculenta
mononychellus
mononychellus progresivus
tetranychus
tetranychus urticae
oligonychus peruvianus
predators and parasites
population dynamics
acaricides
root productivity
dry matter
biological control
composition
diseases and pathogens
injurious mites
mite control
mycoses
noxious animals
pest control
pests
productivity
starch crops
depredadores y parasitos
dinamica de poblacion
acaricidas
productividad de raices
materia seca
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42786
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