| biological control of echinothrips americanus by phytoseiid predatory mites and the effect of pollen as supplemental food. | the poinsettia thrips, echinothrips americanus morgan, is an upcoming pest in greenhouse crops, causing serious damage in various vegetable and ornamental crops through extensive foliage feeding. we assessed which stages of e. americanus are attacked and killed by the phytoseiid predatory mites amblyseius swirskii (athias-henriot), amblydromalus limonicus (garman and mcgregor), euseius gallicus kreiter and tixier and euseius ovalis (evans). both the predation and oviposition rates were assessed ... | 2017 | 29128983 |
| non-target effects of commonly used plant protection products in roses on the predatory mite euseius gallicus kreiter & tixier (acari: phytoseidae). | euseius gallicus kreiter & tixier (acari: phytoseidae) is a predatory mite recently available for use against various pests in roses. we tested in greenhouse trials the impact on the numbers of eggs and motiles of e. gallicus of the most commonly used plant protection products in roses in northern europe: the acaricides acequinocyl and etoxazole, the insecticides azadirachtin-a, acetamiprid, flonicamid, imidacloprid, indoxacarb, thiacloprid and thiamethoxam and the fungicides boscalid and kresox ... | 2016 | 26434923 |