Evaluation of phytoseiid predators for control of western flower thrips on greenhouse cucumber

By G. Messelink, Sebastiaan E. F. Van Steenpaal, P. Ramakers. BioControl (Dordrecht), 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science

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Control of Bemisia tabaci and Frankliniella occidentalis in cucumber by Amblyseius swirskii (2011, background): “…with the fact that A. swirskii performs better on thrips and whitefly than other predators that are still used in commercial cucumber crops (Messelink et al. 2006; van Houten et al. 2005) confirms the usefulness of this predator as a biological control agent against whitefly and thrips in…”
Pollen subsidies promote whitefly control through the numerical response of predatory mites (2010, background): “…and develops when feeding on whitefly immatures (B. tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood)) but also on pollen and Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)) as a food source (Nomikou et al. 2001; Nomikou et al. 2003; Messelink et al. 2006; Messelink et al. 2008).”
Biological control using invertebrates and microorganisms: plenty of new opportunities (2018, background): “…as a result of: the (re)discovery of their use for control of whiteflies (Nomikou et al. 2001), finding more efficient species for thrips control (Messelink et al. 2006), the development of techniques to enhance dispersal and establishment of predatory mites in crops (Messelink et al. 2014), and…”
Evaluation of Neoseiulus cucumeris and Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) as biological control agents of chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on pepper (2009, background): “Although relatively little is known about the suitability of thrips as prey for A. swirskii, emerging studies suggest it provide superior control of F. occidentalis compared with N. cucumeris (Messelink et al., 2006; van Houten et al., 2005).”
Prey suitability of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, and onion thrips, Thrips tabaci, for the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii (2008, background): “occidentalis on sweet pepper (van Houten, Ostlie, Hoogerbrugge, and Bolckmans 2005) and cucumber (Messelink, van Steenpaal, and Ramakers 2006 ).”
Pest species diversity enhances control of spider mites and whiteflies by a generalist phytoseiid predator (2010, background): “The predatory mite A. swirskii has proven to be an effective control agent for thrips (Messelink et al. 2006) and whiteflies (Nomikou et al. 2001, 2002), whereas its effect on spider mites is still unclear.”
Biological control-based IPM in sweet pepper greenhouses using Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) (2012, background): “…F. occidentalis (Swirski, Amitai, and Dorzia 1967; El-Laithy and Fouly 1992; Momen and El-Saway 1993; Nomikou, Janssen, Schraag, and Sabelis 2003; Messelink et al. 2006; Stansly and Castillo 2009; Messelink, Van Maanen, Van Holstein-Saj, Sabelis, and Janssen 2010; Van Maanen, Vila, Sabelis, and…”
Revision of the lifestyles of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and implications for biological control strategies (2013, methodology): “Amblyseius swirskii has been extensively used for thrips and whitefly control in greenhouses (e.g., Bolckmans et al. 2005; Messelink et al. 2005, 2006; Kutuk et al. 2011).”
Biological control of thrips and whiteflies by a shared predator: Two pests are better than one (2008, background): “swirskii is a much better predator of thrips, confirming earlier experiments on cucumber (Messelink et al., 2006), and a better predator of whiteflies when thrips is also present as prey (this experiment).”