Effectiveness of Entomopathogenic Hyphomycetes Towards Controlling the Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus Latus (Banks) and the Red Spider Mite, Tetranychus Urticae Koch Complex

he red spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch Complex and the broad mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) are serious pests on many agricultural and ornamental crops. They are distributed worldwide and polyphagous on vegetables especially those under shelter and fruit crops. In Malaysia strawbe...

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Main Author:	Nugroho, Ihsan
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2003
Subjects:	Broad mite - Control - Case studies Spider mites - Control - Case studies
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10679/1/FP_2003_30.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.106792024-05-09T02:47:10Z Effectiveness of Entomopathogenic Hyphomycetes Towards Controlling the Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus Latus (Banks) and the Red Spider Mite, Tetranychus Urticae Koch Complex 2003-12 Nugroho, Ihsan he red spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch Complex and the broad mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) are serious pests on many agricultural and ornamental crops. They are distributed worldwide and polyphagous on vegetables especially those under shelter and fruit crops. In Malaysia strawberries are usually damaged by the red spider mite while the broad mite is a serious pest on chilli. Chemical insecticides have been the mainstay for controlling these mites. In recent year, the use of microbial control agent such as Bacillus thuringiensis has become increasingly attractive as a biocontrol agent and has become important as one of the biological control components in I PM programmes. In this respect, the potential of entomopathogenic fungi including Beauveria bassiana (8als.) Vuill. , Metarhizium anisopliae (Metch) Sorokin and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Wise) 8rown Smith were investigated as microbial control agents against the red spider mite T. urticae and the broad mite P. latus in the laboratory. Field efficacies of selected isolates i n wettable powder formulations were also assessed against the broad mite on chilli. Pathogenicity tests indicated that the above mentioned three isolates were able to cause significant mortalities on the larvae, nymph and adult red spider mite T. urticae and broad mite P. latus. Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (PfPp) was the most pathogenic against the red spider mite followed by M. anisopliae (MaPs) and B. bassiana (BbGc), while B. bassiana (8bGc) was the most infective against broad mite followed by P. fumosoroseus (PfPp) and M. anisopliae (MaPs). Broad mite - Control - Case studies Spider mites - Control - Case studies 2003-12 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10679/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10679/1/FP_2003_30.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Broad mite - Control - Case studies Spider mites - Control - Case studies Faculty of Agriculture Ibrahim, Yusof English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
collection	PSAS Institutional Repository
language	English English
advisor	Ibrahim, Yusof
topic	Broad mite - Control - Case studies Spider mites - Control - Case studies
spellingShingle	Broad mite - Control - Case studies Spider mites - Control - Case studies Nugroho, Ihsan Effectiveness of Entomopathogenic Hyphomycetes Towards Controlling the Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus Latus (Banks) and the Red Spider Mite, Tetranychus Urticae Koch Complex
description	he red spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch Complex and the broad mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) are serious pests on many agricultural and ornamental crops. They are distributed worldwide and polyphagous on vegetables especially those under shelter and fruit crops. In Malaysia strawberries are usually damaged by the red spider mite while the broad mite is a serious pest on chilli. Chemical insecticides have been the mainstay for controlling these mites. In recent year, the use of microbial control agent such as Bacillus thuringiensis has become increasingly attractive as a biocontrol agent and has become important as one of the biological control components in I PM programmes. In this respect, the potential of entomopathogenic fungi including Beauveria bassiana (8als.) Vuill. , Metarhizium anisopliae (Metch) Sorokin and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Wise) 8rown Smith were investigated as microbial control agents against the red spider mite T. urticae and the broad mite P. latus in the laboratory. Field efficacies of selected isolates i n wettable powder formulations were also assessed against the broad mite on chilli. Pathogenicity tests indicated that the above mentioned three isolates were able to cause significant mortalities on the larvae, nymph and adult red spider mite T. urticae and broad mite P. latus. Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (PfPp) was the most pathogenic against the red spider mite followed by M. anisopliae (MaPs) and B. bassiana (BbGc), while B. bassiana (8bGc) was the most infective against broad mite followed by P. fumosoroseus (PfPp) and M. anisopliae (MaPs).
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Nugroho, Ihsan
author_facet	Nugroho, Ihsan
author_sort	Nugroho, Ihsan
title	Effectiveness of Entomopathogenic Hyphomycetes Towards Controlling the Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus Latus (Banks) and the Red Spider Mite, Tetranychus Urticae Koch Complex
title_short	Effectiveness of Entomopathogenic Hyphomycetes Towards Controlling the Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus Latus (Banks) and the Red Spider Mite, Tetranychus Urticae Koch Complex
title_full	Effectiveness of Entomopathogenic Hyphomycetes Towards Controlling the Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus Latus (Banks) and the Red Spider Mite, Tetranychus Urticae Koch Complex
title_fullStr	Effectiveness of Entomopathogenic Hyphomycetes Towards Controlling the Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus Latus (Banks) and the Red Spider Mite, Tetranychus Urticae Koch Complex
title_full_unstemmed	Effectiveness of Entomopathogenic Hyphomycetes Towards Controlling the Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus Latus (Banks) and the Red Spider Mite, Tetranychus Urticae Koch Complex
title_sort	effectiveness of entomopathogenic hyphomycetes towards controlling the broad mite, polyphagotarsonemus latus (banks) and the red spider mite, tetranychus urticae koch complex
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Agriculture
publishDate	2003
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10679/1/FP_2003_30.pdf
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Effectiveness of Entomopathogenic Hyphomycetes Towards Controlling the Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus Latus (Banks) and the Red Spider Mite, Tetranychus Urticae Koch Complex

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