Effect of pollen provision on life‐history parameters of phytoseiid predators under hot and dry environmental conditions

Biological control can be severely disrupted under climate change conditions. This is the case of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae in Spanish citrus orchards, where the omnivorous phytoseiid Euseius stipulatus, the most abundant predator in the system, was highly impacted by hot and dry condition...

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Autores principales: Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo, Jaques, Josep A.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7085
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jen.12845
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description Biological control can be severely disrupted under climate change conditions. This is the case of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae in Spanish citrus orchards, where the omnivorous phytoseiid Euseius stipulatus, the most abundant predator in the system, was highly impacted by hot and dry conditions mimicking future warmer summers. Such a situation can often be compensated by the provision of alternative food to support generalist predators. As a first step to studying whether such a technique could be applied in this case, we studied at laboratory conditions whether pollen could mitigate the negative effects of hotter and drier conditions derived of climate change on three phytoseiids with different diet specializations. In addition to E. stipu-latus, these predators, which all together, are considered key for the biological con-trol of T. urticae in citrus, are Neoseiulus californicus and Phytoseiulus persimilis. Our results confirm the extremely fine-tuning of T. urticae to hot–dry conditions. They also provide evidence of the poor performance of E. stipulatus, especially in terms of reproduction, compared to the other two phytoseiids at these conditions, even when high-quality pollen was available. Moreover, access to pollen in combination with T. urticae eggs enhanced survival but reduced predation and oviposition relative to a T. urticae-only diet for N. californicus and P. persimilis. Therefore, whether the overall effect of pollen would justify its use in citrus to counteract the deleterious effects of a hotter and drier climate on the natural regulation of T. urticae is still controversial.
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spelling ReDivia70852025-04-25T14:48:09Z Effect of pollen provision on life‐history parameters of phytoseiid predators under hot and dry environmental conditions Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Jaques, Josep A. Alternative food Euseius stipulatus H10 Pests of plants Biological control Global warming Neoseiulus californicus Phytoseiulus persimilis Biological control can be severely disrupted under climate change conditions. This is the case of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae in Spanish citrus orchards, where the omnivorous phytoseiid Euseius stipulatus, the most abundant predator in the system, was highly impacted by hot and dry conditions mimicking future warmer summers. Such a situation can often be compensated by the provision of alternative food to support generalist predators. As a first step to studying whether such a technique could be applied in this case, we studied at laboratory conditions whether pollen could mitigate the negative effects of hotter and drier conditions derived of climate change on three phytoseiids with different diet specializations. In addition to E. stipu-latus, these predators, which all together, are considered key for the biological con-trol of T. urticae in citrus, are Neoseiulus californicus and Phytoseiulus persimilis. Our results confirm the extremely fine-tuning of T. urticae to hot–dry conditions. They also provide evidence of the poor performance of E. stipulatus, especially in terms of reproduction, compared to the other two phytoseiids at these conditions, even when high-quality pollen was available. Moreover, access to pollen in combination with T. urticae eggs enhanced survival but reduced predation and oviposition relative to a T. urticae-only diet for N. californicus and P. persimilis. Therefore, whether the overall effect of pollen would justify its use in citrus to counteract the deleterious effects of a hotter and drier climate on the natural regulation of T. urticae is still controversial. 2021-02-10T12:39:18Z 2021-02-10T12:39:18Z 2020 article submittedVersion Urbaneja-Bernat, P, Jaques, J. A. (2020). Effect of pollen provision on life-history parameters of phytoseiid predators under hot and dry environmental conditions. J Appl Entomol. 2020; 00:1–15. 1439-0418 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7085 10.1111/jen.12845 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jen.12845 en Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess Wiley Online Library electronico
spellingShingle Alternative food
Euseius stipulatus
H10 Pests of plants
Biological control
Global warming
Neoseiulus californicus
Phytoseiulus persimilis
Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo
Jaques, Josep A.
Effect of pollen provision on life‐history parameters of phytoseiid predators under hot and dry environmental conditions
title Effect of pollen provision on life‐history parameters of phytoseiid predators under hot and dry environmental conditions
title_full Effect of pollen provision on life‐history parameters of phytoseiid predators under hot and dry environmental conditions
title_fullStr Effect of pollen provision on life‐history parameters of phytoseiid predators under hot and dry environmental conditions
title_full_unstemmed Effect of pollen provision on life‐history parameters of phytoseiid predators under hot and dry environmental conditions
title_short Effect of pollen provision on life‐history parameters of phytoseiid predators under hot and dry environmental conditions
title_sort effect of pollen provision on life history parameters of phytoseiid predators under hot and dry environmental conditions
topic Alternative food
Euseius stipulatus
H10 Pests of plants
Biological control
Global warming
Neoseiulus californicus
Phytoseiulus persimilis
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7085
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jen.12845
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