Tick composition, use thereof, method for breeding predatory mite Amblyseiusswirskii, breeding system for breeding the predatory mite mite, and biological pest control method for crops

摘要

The present invention relates to a novel mite composition comprising a population of the phytoseiid predatory mite species Amblyseius swirskii and a factitious host population, which may be employed for rearing said pytoseiid predatory mite species or for releasing the pyhtoseiid predatory mite species in a crop. According to further aspects the invention relates to a method for rearing the pytoseiid predatory mite species Amblyseius swirskii , to the use of the mite composition and to a method for biological pest control in a crop, which employ the mite composition.