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Assessing biological control of Acarus siro by Cheyletus malaccensis under laboratory conditions: Effect of temperatures and prey density

PEKÁR, Stanislav and Jan HUBERT

Basic information

Original name

Assessing biological control of Acarus siro by Cheyletus malaccensis under laboratory conditions: Effect of temperatures and prey density

Name in Czech

Hodnoceni biologicke kontroly Acarusa siro Cheyletusem malaccensis v laboratornich podminkach: Vliv teploty a hustoty kořisti

Authors

PEKÁR, Stanislav (703 Slovakia, guarantor) and Jan HUBERT (208 Denmark)

Edition

Journal of Stored Products Research, Elsevier, 2008, 0022-474X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

Biotechnology and bionics

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.827

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/08:00026811

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000259830500006

Keywords in English

mites; biological control

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 25/6/2009 10:46, prof. Mgr. Stanislav Pekár, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

In stored grain, the predatory mite Cheyletus spp. may be used to control the pest mite Acarus siro. The efficiency of control depends on many factors, particularly ambient temperature. In this study we investigated the effects of temperature and initial prey density on the preypredator system under laboratory conditions. Ratioresponse models were fitted to estimate the efficiency of control for three temperatures. At 15 C a 90% reduction of A. siro was achieved by releasing nine Cheyletus malaccensis individuals into a population of 100 A. siro individuals in 1 kg of grain. At 20 C, 90% reduction required seven C. malaccensis individuals and at 25 C, it required three C. malaccensis individuals. Without the predator the intrinsic rates of increase of A. siro populations increased with temperature and were highest for an initial density of 100 individuals, revealing some form of positive interaction among A. siro individuals during food processing.

In Czech

V skladovanem oblili lze pouzit roztoce rodu Cheyletus ke kontrole roztocu Acarus siro...

Links

MSM0021622416, plan (intention)
Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time