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Article Dans Une Revue Acarologia Année : 2021

Predation capacity of soil-dwelling predatory mites on two major maize pests

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The western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (WCR), and the wireworm Agriotes sordidus (WW), whose eggs and first instar larvae develop in the first few centimeters of soil, are major crop pests. As soil-dwelling predatory mites are known as potential biocontrol agents against many pests, we investigated the predation capacity of Stratiolaelaps scimitus, Gaeolaelaps aculeifer and Macrocheles robustulus on immature stages of WCR and WW in a laboratory setting. While eggs of WCR and WW were never consumed, all three predator species attacked both WCR and WW first instar larvae. While these results need to be confirmed in natural conditions, our work identifies the early larval stage instead of the egg stage as the most vulnerable stage for control against WCR and WW with soil-dwelling predatory mites.
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hal-03298466 , version 1 (23-07-2021)

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Antoine Pasquier, Thibault Andrieux, Paloma Martinez-Rodiguez, Elodie Vercken, Maxime Ferrero. Predation capacity of soil-dwelling predatory mites on two major maize pests. Acarologia, 2021, 61 (3), pp.577-580. ⟨10.24349/o7z8-gXu4⟩. ⟨hal-03298466⟩
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