Title
Predation capacity of phytoseiid mites (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Brazil on eggs of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae)
Date Issued
01 September 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rueda-Ramírez D.
de Moraes G.J.
Asociación de Productores de cítricos del Perú
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Abstract
The Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) is a key vector of the causal agents of huanglongbing (HLB) in important citrus production regions of the world. The objective of this study was to estimate the predation capacity of mites of the family Phytoseiidae on eggs of that insect. Populations of 13 phytoseiid species were collected from five Brazilian states, to evaluate their predation capacity and ability to survive when fed with eggs of D. citri. Each predator was fed daily with 10 eggs of the insect. Predation rate was higher for Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant) collected in Botucatu (São Paulo state) and Pirenópolis (Goiás state) (respectively 4.7 and 2.9 eggs/female/day). Those populations also had high survivorship within the observation period of five days (4.8–5.0 days). These results are comparable to studies previously conducted by other authors with other phytoseiid species. Given the common occurrence of A. herbicolus on citrus, it seems possible that it may exert some effect on the population of D. citri under field condition. It seems worthwhile to conduct complementary studies to determine the feasibility of using this predator for the control of that insect.
Start page
603
End page
611
Volume
49
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85103177219
Source
Phytoparasitica
ISSN of the container
03342123
Sponsor(s)
To Jeferson L. Mineiro, Renato Sarmento, Adriane Duarte, Paulo Rocha and Fernanda Esteca for their support in collecting predatory mites in different areas of Brazil.
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