BioControl (2017) 62, 197-208

M. Mar Fernández, Pilar Medina, Andrea Wanumen, Pedro Del Estal, Guy Smagghe and Elisa Viñuela (2017)
Compatibility of sulfoxaflor and other modern pesticides with adults of the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii. Residual contact and persistence studies
BioControl 62 (2), 197-208
Abstract: Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is a very efficient generalist predatory mite of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), worldwide released in horticultural greenhouses. Here, the toxicity of sulfoxaflor and other ten pesticides to A. swirskii adults when applied at their maximum field rate was assessed in the laboratory in terms of mortality and reproductive performance. The duration of the harmful activity when residues were aged under greenhouse was assessed for compounds not classified as harmless in the laboratory, based on the International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC) rules. Sulfoxaflor as well as flonicamid, flubendiamide, metaflumizone, methoxyfenozide, spiromesifen, and spirotetramat were harmless, emamectin was slightly harmful and abamectin, deltamethrin and spinosad were harmful. Emamectin was short-lived and abamectin, deltamethrin and spinosad were slightly persistent under our conditions.
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Database assignments for author(s): Pilar Medina, Guy Smagghe, Elisa Viñuela

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
resistance to pesticides

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Frankliniella occidentalis		Spain (continental)
Amblyseius swirskii (predator)	Frankliniella occidentalis		Spain (continental)