Plant Protection Science (1999) 35, 136-138

E. Zdárkova and R. Felt (1999)
Biological control of stored food mites on oilseeds using the mite predator Cheyletus eruditus (Schrank)
Plant Protection Science 35 (4), 136-138
Abstract: The suppressive biological control of mites on oilseeds can be successful under the circumstances of the ratio of prey and predators being 1 : 20 to 1 : 50 and the original infestation not being higher than 500 specimens per 1 kilogramme. Preventive biological control was carried out in empty oilseed stores after they were cleared, The predators which were released in the stores (2000 specimens being evenly distributed over an area of 100 m²) were successful and suppress the population of acaroid mites.
(The abstract is excluded from the Creative Commons licence and has been copied with permission by the publisher.)

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
application technology

---

Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Cheyletus eruditus (predator)	Tyrophagus putrescentiae
Cheyletus eruditus (predator)	Acarus siro
Cheyletus eruditus (predator)	Lepidoglyphus destructor
Cheyletus eruditus (predator)	Glycyphagus domesticus