US20130202714A1 - Mite composition, method for rearing a phytoseiid predatory mite species, and use of the composition for controlling crop pests - Google Patents

Mite composition, method for rearing a phytoseiid predatory mite species, and use of the composition for controlling crop pests Download PDF

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US20130202714A1
US20130202714A1 US13/642,665 US201113642665A US2013202714A1 US 20130202714 A1 US20130202714 A1 US 20130202714A1 US 201113642665 A US201113642665 A US 201113642665A US 2013202714 A1 US2013202714 A1 US 2013202714A1
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    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01NPRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
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    • A01KANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
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  • This invention relates to a mite composition
  • a mite composition comprising a rearing population of a phytoseiid predatory mite species, a population of at least one species from the order Astigmata, and optionally a carrier.
  • the invention relates to a method for rearing a phytoseiid predatory mite.
  • the invention relates to the use of the mite composition for controlling a crop pest.
  • any commercial rearing of a predator used inundatively, must be able to produce high numbers of the predator throughout the growing season; nowadays under modern glasshouse regimes this means almost year round.
  • To rear a predator requires that it is provided with sufficient suitable prey for rapid population growth, but commercially this needs to be at a realistic cost.
  • the most successful commercial productions to date are those in which the prey is a species belonging to the mite order of the Astigmata. These are small, soft bodied individuals known collectively as ‘stored food’ or ‘stored product’ mites, and as such live on a wide range of foodstuffs, especially those of a farinaceous nature, and are commonly found in stores and domestic dwellings (Hughes, 1976). Using the correct food materials and the right physical conditions these astigmatid mites can be reared in-doors in containers to provide high population concentrations at reasonable cost. Currently, all phytoseiid predators being produced commercially are reared on an astigmatid species.
  • the commercial product usually consists of a neutral substrate which supports the predators in a three dimensional space, plus the astigmatid prey species, together with its farinaceous type food supply.
  • this same composition forms the basis of the product offered for sale. Accordingly, on application into the crop, it will contain a live population of the astigmatid host.
  • This current commercial product causes a number of problems.
  • the presence of food material such as bran used to feed the prey during predator production causes problems of fungal contamination.
  • a further problem is the occurrence of prey imbalance, in which too high or too low prey ratios can cause poor predator development. Further, some astigmatid species can cause crop damage by feeding on younger tender plants.
  • astigmatid species cause serious problems in the food industry.
  • stored dried fruits of all kinds are invariably infested with a major pest namely, the dried fruit mite, Carpoglyphus lactis , (Hughes, 1976; Cobagnolu, 2008).
  • this is the species which is being used more and more as the preferred host on which to rear phytoseiid predators, of which the predator Amblyseius swirskii is such an example.
  • the present invention solves these problems by providing a mite composition which contains only one live population, namely the predator.
  • the invention provides a mite composition comprising:
  • the astigmatid species which will provide the nutrients for the predators will be reared in isolated containers capable of oxygen exchange and of suitable dimensions. They will be reared under physical conditions around 25° C. and a relative humidity (RH) of 75-85%.
  • RH relative humidity
  • the diet will contain compositions of the following ingredients: yeast particles, wheat flour, particles of dried fruit material, a sugar such as dextrose, etc.
  • the food material will be added to a bulking agent such as vermiculite particles, thus providing a three dimensional environment in which the astigmatid species can breed freely.
  • Astigmatid species can be expected to reach an intrinsic rate of increase varying from about 2.5 to 6 in about seven to nine days (Cunnington, 1965 & 1969). Once such a population has obtained the required density, and the food material is reaching exhaustion, the population will be killed in order to obtain a dead population.
  • the composition will be fast frozen, using the technique employed to freeze food for human consumption, namely immersion in an atmosphere of gaseous liquid nitrogen. This material can then be stored until required to feed the phytoseiid populations.
  • composition of the invention provides a considerable number of advantages over previous combinations.
  • the food material used to feed the prey during predator production will no longer be required, therefore providing a substantial cost saving.
  • absence of food materials such as bran will reduce problems of fungal contamination.
  • the present composition will also eliminate the technical problem of the occurrence of prey imbalance, in which too high or too low prey ratios can cause poor predator development.
  • a major advantage afforded by the invention concerns the food industry. Because live food storage mites will no longer be present in the composition, then this material can be safely applied to the fabric of stores or to parcels such as bulk stored cereals, so that particular phytoseiid predators may now form the basis of new biological control programmes. For example, it is now possible to introduce populations consisting solely of the predator Amblyseius swirskii into empty stores as a pre-harvest biological control treatment. This is a novel concept.
  • the invention will open up a new approach to developing successful biological control systems for a variety of cash valuable field crops.
  • the prey Since in the composition of the invention the prey is entirely inert, these limiting effects will be eliminated. So, for the first time it introduces the possibility of selecting new, particularly local candidates, from the very large natural pool of phytoseiid predators, with the strong chance that they will react favourably to being mass reared for commercial exploitation.
  • the predator is selected from the sub-family Amblyseiinae, such as from the genus Amblyseius , e.g. Amblyseius swirskii, Amblyseius cucumeris, Amblyseius largoensis, Amblyseius andersoni ; from the genus Neoseiulus , e.g. Neoseiulus wornersleyi, Neoseiulus californicus, Neoseiulus fallacis, Neoseiulus longispinosus ; the genus Typhlodromalus , e.g.
  • Typhlodromalus lailae Typhlodromalus limonicus
  • the genus Typhlodromips e.g. Typhlodromips montdorensis
  • the genus Euseius e.g. Euseius ovalis, Euseius scutalis, Euseius tularensis, Euseius hibisci.
  • the preferred phytoseiid is selected from the following group: Amblyseius swirskii, Amblyseius cucumeris, Amblyseius largoensis, Neoseiulus californicus, Neoseiulus fallacis, Neoseiulus longispinosus, Typhlodromalus lailae, Typhlodromips montdorensis, Eeuseius ovalis, Euseius scutalis, Euseius hibisci.
  • phytoseiid predator may be selected from a species other than those which are especially preferred.
  • the astigmatid material is preferably selected from members of the family Acaridae, such as from the genus Acarus , e.g. Acarus siro, Acarus farris, Acarus immobilis, Acarus chaetoxvsilos ; from the genus Tyrophagus , e.g. Tyrophaqus longior, Tyrophagus similis, Tyrophagus putrescentiae ; from the genus Aleurogivphus , e.g. Aleuroglyphus ovatus ; from the genus Lardoglyphus , e.g.
  • Glycyphagus domesticus the genus Lepidoglyphus , e.g. Lepidoglyphus destructor ; from the genus Blomia , e.g. Blomia freemani ; from the family Chortoglyphydae, such as the genus Chortoglyphus , e.g. Chortoglyphus arcuatus.
  • the invention provides the use of the composition for the control of various insect and mite pests of glasshouse and field crops, including the cosmopolitan western flower thrip, the banana silvering thrip, and a complex of thrip species of avocado: white-fly species, spider mite species, the tomato russet mite, the broad mite, and the avocado brown mite.
  • a carrier or predator substrate will be present in the mite composition of the invention. Since food material is no longer present, the substrate will be virtually composed of inert vermiculite particles. Thus, it will provide a free flowing material which is advantageous to applications relative to the nature of the crop, crop densities, plant configurations and management practices.
  • the inert food material is supplemented with a suitable pollen supply, giving an extended exit time.
  • the overall embodiment of the invention provides a method of rearing phytoseiid predators in the absence of a live astigmatid population, giving many advantages, described within the text, which previously have been impossible to achieve.
  • This invention introduces a new ability to engender the mass rearing of more phytoseiid species, previously not possible.
  • inundative release programmes of a ‘local’ or ‘exotic’ predator not only for protected crops but for use in field situations.
  • Such systems can, for the first time, provide cost effective biological control programmes to Protect those organically grown crops which suffer from a low profit margin.

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