Methods of rearing and reproduction predatory mites of the order Mesostigmata

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  • Blanca Alicia Esquivel-Ayala Laboratorio de Entomología ‘Biol. Sócrates Cisneros Paz’-Facultad de Biología-Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Edificio B4, Ciudad Universitaria, Francisco J. Múgica S/N, Col. Felicitas del Río, Morelia, Michoacán. CP. 58030
  • Martha Patricia Chaires-Grijalva Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Mante-Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. E. Cárdenas González No. 1201 Pte, Jardín, Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas. CP. 89840
  • Silvano Montañez-Hernández Laboratorio de Entomología ‘Biol. Sócrates Cisneros Paz’-Facultad de Biología-Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Edificio B4, Ciudad Universitaria, Francisco J. Múgica S/N, Col. Felicitas del Río, Morelia, Michoacán. CP. 58030
  • Blanca Nieves Lara-Chávez Laboratorio de Fitopatología-Facultad de Agrobiología-Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Paseo Lázaro Cárdenas 2290, Emiliano Zapata, Melchor Ocampo, Uruapan, Michoacán. CP. 60170
  • Margarita Vargas-Sandoval Laboratorio de Entomología ‘Biol. Sócrates Cisneros Paz’-Facultad de Biología-Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Edificio B4, Ciudad Universitaria, Francisco J. Múgica S/N, Col. Felicitas del Río, Morelia, Michoacán. CP. 58030

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v15i3.3676

Keywords:

agricultural pests, biological control, Blattisociidae, Laelapidae, Phytoseiidae, natural enemies

Abstract

Due to the irrational use of chemicals for pest control in intensive crops, the diversity of communities of beneficial organisms, such as the predatory mites of the order Mesostigmata, has been alarmingly diminished,. These arachnids have taken on agricultural relevance because most of their members have zoophagic feeding habits and naturally regulate harmful populations of insects, nematodes and other mites that inhabit plants. For more than 40 years, predatory mites have been introduced regularly for biocontrol work and it is estimated that more than 60% of programs use these organisms; however, the commercial products available are limited to a few species, which vary in effectiveness according to the conditions of the crop, availability of prey and competition for niches with other predatory organisms; in addition, their production is protected under trade secrecy in most cases. With this, the opportunity opens up to explore native or even already commercialized species in order to evaluate their predatory capacity at the research level or as usual tools for pest regulation; a first challenge for this purpose is propagation and culture methods. The methods for mite culture can be divided into two: maintenance on plants and in confinement; although each technique has been developed for a particular species or a certain purpose, knowing their basic design promises to bring us closer to a new line of study for their introduction and reintroduction into agricultural systems.

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Esquivel-Ayala, Blanca Alicia, Martha Patricia Chaires-Grijalva, Silvano Montañez-Hernández, Blanca Nieves Lara-Chávez, and Margarita Vargas-Sandoval. 2024. “Methods of Rearing and Reproduction Predatory Mites of the Order Mesostigmata”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas 15 (3). México, ME:e3676. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v15i3.3676.

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