MITE COMPOSITION, USE THEREOF, METHOD FOR REARING A PHYTOSEIID PREDATORY MITE, REARING SYSTEM FOR REARING SAID PHYTOSEIID PREDATORY MITE AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL ON A CROP.

摘要

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