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MITE COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR THE APPLICATION OF AT LEAST ONE POPULATION OF MITE SPECIES BELONGING TO THE ASTIGMATA IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN IN-CROP FOOD SOURCE FOR MITE PREDATORS OF THE PHYTOSEIIDAE, WHEN BEING USED AS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS
MITE COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR THE APPLICATION OF AT LEAST ONE POPULATION OF MITE SPECIES BELONGING TO THE ASTIGMATA IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN IN-CROP FOOD SOURCE FOR MITE PREDATORS OF THE PHYTOSEIIDAE, WHEN BEING USED AS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS
A method for rearing and/or increasing the activity of at least one population of a predator mite species of the family Phytoseiidae comprising the steps: providing at least one rearing population of a predator mite species of the family Phytoseiidae and a first food source for this predator mite species, wherein the rearing population of the predator mite species and the first food source are both located in a common housing, which has at least one opening which allows individuals of the predator mite species to leave the common housing, providing a second food source for the predator mite species, wherein the second food source comprises at least one population of a mite species belonging to the Astigmata, arranging the common housing in or on a plant, and placing the second food source in or on the same or a different plant outside the common housing and preferably spaced apart with respect to the common housing.
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