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Neoseiulus paspalivorus, a predator from coconut, as a candidate for controlling dry bulb mites infesting stored tulip bulbs

Lesna, Izabela ; Silva, Fernando R. da ; Sato, Yukie ; Sabelis, Maurice W. ; Lommen, Suzanne T. E.

In: Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2014, vol. 63, no. 2, p. 189–204

The dry bulb mite, Aceria tulipae, is the most important pest of stored tulip bulbs in The Netherlands. This tiny, eriophyoid mite hides in the narrow space between scales in the interior of the bulb. To achieve biological control of this hidden pest, candidate predators small enough to move in between the bulb scales are required. Earlier experiments have shown this potential for the phytoseiid...