Archives of Microbiology (2020) 202, 1275-1284

Aisha Lawan Idris, Xiao Fan, Musa Hassan Muhammad, Yachong Guo, Xiong Guan and Tianpei Huang (2020)
Ecologically controlling insect and mite pests of tea plants with microbial pesticides: a review
Archives of Microbiology 202 (6), 1275-1284
Abstract: Insect and mite pests are damaging stressors that are threatening the cultivation of tea plants, which result in enormous crop loss. Over the years, the effectiveness of synthetic pesticides has allowed for its prominent application as a control strategy. However, the adverse effects of synthetic pesticides in terms of pesticide residue, environmental contamination and insect pest resistance have necessitated the need for alternative strategies. Meanwhile, microbial pesticides have been applied to tackle the damaging activities of the insect and mite pests of tea plants, and their performances were scientifically adjudged appreciable and environmental friendly. Herein, entomopathogenic microbes that were effective against tea geometrid (Ectropis obliqua Prout), tea green leafhopper (Empoasca onukii Matsuda), paraguay tea ampul (Gyropsylla spegazziniana), tea mosquito bug (Helopeltis theivora Waterhouse) and red spider mite (Oligonychus coffea Nietner) have been reviewed. The current findings revealed that microbial pesticides were effective and showed promising performances against these pests. Overall, this review has provided the basic and integrative information on the integrated pest management (IPM) tool(s) that can be utilized towards successful control of the aforementioned insect and mite pests.
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Database assignments for author(s): Xiong Guan

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Oligonychus coffeae	Tea (Camellia sinensis)
	Helopeltis theivora	Tea (Camellia sinensis)
	Matsumurasca onukii	Tea (Camellia sinensis)
	Gyropsylla spegazziniana	Tea (Camellia sinensis)
	Ectropis obliqua	Tea (Camellia sinensis)