Volume 65, Issue 4 | Experimental and Applied Acarology

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Volume 65, Issue 4

April 2015

Alternative Food and Biological Control by Amblyseius swirskii

Issue Editors:

Arne Janssen,
Maurice W. Sabelis

8 articles in this issue

Alternative food and biological control by generalist predatory mites: the case of Amblyseius swirskii
Arne Janssen
Maurice W. Sabelis
Editorial 25 March 2015 Pages: 413 - 418
Amblyseius swirskii: What made this predatory mite such a successful biocontrol agent?
F. Javier Calvo
Markus Knapp
José E. Belda
OriginalPaper 19 December 2014 Pages: 419 - 433
Seasonal climatic variations influence the efficacy of predatory mites used for control of western flower thrips in greenhouse ornamental crops
Laura C. Hewitt
Les Shipp
Cynthia Scott-Dupree
OriginalPaper 19 November 2014 Pages: 435 - 450
Amblyseius swirskii in greenhouse production systems: a floricultural perspective
Rosemarije Buitenhuis
Graeme Murphy
Cynthia Scott-Dupree
OriginalPaper 12 December 2014 Pages: 451 - 464
Early establishment of the phytoseiid mite Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on pepper seedlings in a Predator-in-First approach
Vivek Kumar
Yingfang Xiao
Lance S. Osborne
OriginalPaper 13 March 2015 Pages: 465 - 481
Evaluation of various types of supplemental food for two species of predatory mites, Amblyseius swirskii and Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
J. F. Delisle
J. Brodeur
L. Shipp
OriginalPaper 28 November 2014 Pages: 483 - 494
Apple pollen as a supplemental food source for the control of western flower thrips by two predatory mites, Amblyseius swirskii and Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae), on potted chrysanthemum
J. F. Delisle
L. Shipp
J. Brodeur
OriginalPaper 25 November 2014 Pages: 495 - 509
Supplemental food that supports both predator and pest: A risk for biological control?
Ada Leman
Gerben J. Messelink
OriginalPaper 28 October 2014 Pages: 511 - 524