The aim of this study was to identify mite fauna associated with soybean crops and report new species the Monsoy 8349 IPRO variety in municipality Luís Eduardo Magalhães, western region Bahia. Samplings were performed an area transgenic soybeans, subdivided into three treatments: T01, no use agricultural pesticides; T02, complete package pesticides, except for acaricides; T03, pesticides includ...

The Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), is the major pest worldwide because it can transmit bacteria associated with greening disease (huanglongbing, HLB). most common management strategy of this chemical control, but often results in resistance and threatens sustainability culture. There therefore need for sustainable control strategies such as biological co...

introduction mites of the phytoseiidae family have been extensively studied as biological control agents of different mites and insect pests. some species also feed on nematodes, fungal spores, pollen and exudates from plants and insects. about 2,300 phytoseiid species belonging to 90 genera have been described in this family (chant and mcmurtry 2007). considerable efforts have been made in rec...

The 1960s represent an important chapter in U.S. business history, partly because they ushered in a new tactic of corporate combination-the predatory takeover Predatory takeovers not only facilitate the restructuring of corporate enterprises, they also alter the internal structure of the business elite. We explore the factors that led large corporations to be acquired through friendly and preda...

The adaptive canalization hypothesis predicts that highly fitness-relevant traits are canalized via past selection, resulting in low phenotypic plasticity and high robustness to environmental stress. Accordingly, we hypothesized that the level of phenotypic plasticity of male body size of the predatory mites Phytoseiulus persimilis (low plasticity) and Neoseiulus californicus (high plasticity) ...

A 3-year demonstration study was conducted in four western New York apple orchards to evaluate current approaches of sustainable pest management in representative commercial orchards. Pests that could be tolerated were regulated by natural antagonists, including predatory mites that were introduced to supplement endemic populations, while those with lower tolerance levels were managed with a sc...