Aponychus corpuzae is a pest of bamboo in Fujian, China. The predatory mite Amblyseius longispinosus was explored as a potential biocontrol agent against Ap. corpuzae in a series of experiments on its predation on Ap. corpuzae . The rate of prey consumption (per predator female) increased linearly with temperature from 1.35 at 15°C to 5.22 at 35°C (the relationship can be described by Y = -1.00...

represents considerable thrips pressure. We present the data from yellow traps only to show that many thrips were present in the greenhouse throughout the trial. In the absence of predators, the number of thrips per plant increased consistently throughout the trial to reach 39.28 per plant in the final week (table 1). All treatments significantly reduced thrips numbers (P < 0.05) compared to th...

during 2005-2006, a faunistic study was carried out to identify predatory mites associated with citrus trees in the western part of mazandaran, iran. five species, viz. amblyseius herbicolus chant, typhlodromips caspiansis denmark & daneshvar, neoseiulus barkeri (hughes), paraseiulus triporus (chant & yoshida-shaul) and euseius amissibilis meshkov*, belonging to the family phytoseiidae were col...