Biology of predatory mite

Predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) are the most important beneficial arthropods used in augmentative biological pest control of protected crops around the world. However, the genomes of mites are far less well understood than those of insects and the evolutionary relationships among mite and other chelicerate orders are contested, with the enigmatic origin of mites at one of the centres in discussion of the evolution of Arachnida.

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In the present study, an attempt was made to explore the suitability of different alternate foods and natural hosts to rear A. finlandicus and their impact on the biology of predatory mite for the in-vitro rearing of A. finlandicus in the absence of its prey i.e. the plant mites.

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Phytophagus mites are gaining importance at present since their incidence is high. Farmers rely only on acaricides and other chemical pesticides for the management of these mites results in destruction of natural enemies, pesticide resistance and pesticide residues in crops, environment pollution etc. Hence, there is a need to find alternate to manage the phytophagous mites. Exploitation of natural enemies viz., predaceous insects, predatory mites and acaropathogenic fungi are the tools in pest management programmes.

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