Prospects for Biological Control of Plant Feeding Mites and Other Harmful Organisms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Carrillo, Daniel (Editor), de Moraes, Gilberto José (Editor), Peña, Jorge E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Progress in Biological Control ; 19
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant pathology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Pathology.

The history of biological control of harmful organisms by mites is marked by outstanding achievements with a few natural enemies. The focus has been mostly on mites of the family Phytoseiidae for the control of plant feeding mites. This is an important family of acarine predators of plant pest mites...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Mesostigmata as Biological Control Agents, with Emphasis on Rhodacaroidea and Parasitoidea
• 2. Potential of Ascidae, Blattisociidae and Melicharidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) as biological control agents of pest organisms
• 3. The potential of free-living Laelapid mites (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) as biological control agents
• 4. Macrochelid Mites (Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) as Biological Control Agents
• 5. The Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) as biological control agentes
• 6. Prostigmata (Acari: Trombidiformes) as biological control agentes
• 7. Stigmaeidae
• 8. The Erythraeoidea (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) as biological control agents, with special reference to the genus Balaustium
• 9. The Cheyletoidea (Prostigmata), with special reference to the potential of Cheyletus malaccensis Oudemans as biological control agent of post-harvest pests
• 10. Food Web Engineering to Enhance Biological Control of Tetranychus urticae by Phytoseiid Mites (Tetranychidae: Phytoseiidae) in Citrus
• 11. Past, Present and Future: Biological Control of Spider Mites on California-grown avocados
• 12. Mite Pathogens and their use in Biological Control.