Potential of Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Astigmata: Acaridae) for the Biological Control of Lasioderma serricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Glauco Da Cruz Canevari²  Fernanda Rezende²  Rafael Braga Da Silva¹  Lêda Rita D'antonino Faroni¹  José Cola Zanuncio²  Smaro Papadopoulou¹  José Eduardo Serrão¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Viçosa Departamento de Biologia Animal Viçosa MG ,Brasil

关键词: Biological control;    Lasioderma serricorne;    Predators;    Stored products;    Tyrophagus putrescentiae;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-89132012000200017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This work investigated the potential of Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Astigmata: Acaridae) to control Lasioderma serricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) in the laboratory. L. serricorne is the most destructive insect pest ever found on stored tobacco. The experimental delineation had 33 arenas being each experimental unit with 11 arenas of experiments with eggs, larva of L. serricorne with the density of T. putrescentiae maintained constant, where from 11 of these arenas, eight were for the analysis of predation and three to evaluate the natural mortality of the insect. The highest predation rate was found during the larval stage with, approximately, 54, 68 and 78% mortality of L. serricorne from the fourth until the sixty day of predation. These results indicated that it was possible to use the predatory mite T. putrescentiae in pest management programs of L. serricorne in the storage units of tobacco.

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