Use of polypropylene bags for mass rearing Neoseiulus baraki (Acari: Phytoseiidae), a predatory mite of Aceria guerreronis Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae)

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2014

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An efficient, low cost and practicable mass rearing method for the predatory mite, Neoseiulus baraki Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) was developed using a bag made of two-ply polypropylene (gauge 150, 24 cm × 36 cm) sheets. Introducing 20 N. baraki females into the bag produced a mean number 5218 ± 212.10 offspring in 6 weeks with a 260-fold increase of the initial population.

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coconut mite, mass rearing, Neoseiulus baraki, predatory mite

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Biocontrol Science and Technology, 2014 Vol. 24, No. 10, 1192–1196

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http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6530

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Entomology