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dc.contributor.advisorTrandem, Nina
dc.contributor.advisorTadesse, Belachew Asalf
dc.contributor.authorDanielsen, Josefine
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-25T13:14:17Z
dc.date.available2018-09-25T13:14:17Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2564420
dc.description.abstractCombining two tools for an integrated pest management (IPM) was the reason for investigating the potential use of predatory mites (Phytoseiulus persimilis) in addition to water sprinklers in order to reduce spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) populations in tunnel grown strawberries. To determine the short-time effects of irrigation on the predatory mite, 26 strawberry plants were infested with spider mites as a prey, and 2 weeks later predatory mites were introduced. Leaves were sampled before, immediately after, and twenty-four hours after, irrigation of one minute from overhead water sprinklers in a tunnel. The number of predatory mites was counted on the abaxial of the leaves sampled. On a control plant, not receiving irrigation, the number of mites was counted at the same times as in the experiment. This experiment was repeated four times. To compare the water tolerance of spider mites and predatory mites, leaves with both spider mites and predatory mites were hand sprayed in a laboratory experiment. Number of mites and eggs was counted before and after spraying. The water sprinkling in tunnel significantly increased predatory mite populations up to nearly 2-fold, compared to before irrigation. Predatory mite eggs increased statistically different from before irrigation to one minute after irrigation, while total mobile stages (larva, nymphs and adults) larvae and nymphs increased significantly after twenty-four hours. Control plants had no significant increase, except from larvae. In the laboratory experiment, predatory mites (average of 11 % reduction of mobile stages and eggs) tolerated water spraying to a greater extent than spider mites (average of 22 % reduction of mobile stages and eggs). Both mites had higher reductions when sprayed on the abaxial side, compared to sprayed on the adaxial side of leaves. The findings confirm that water sprinklers combined with biological control by predatory mites is a promising IPM strategy to suppress spider mites in tunnel grown strawberries.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherNorwegian University of Life Sciences, Åsnb_NO
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectPhytoseiulus persimilisnb_NO
dc.subjectPredatory mitesnb_NO
dc.subjectWater sprinklingnb_NO
dc.subjectStrawberriesnb_NO
dc.subjectIrrigationnb_NO
dc.subjectTwo-spotted spider mitesnb_NO
dc.titleShort-time effects of water sprinkling on the two-spotted spider mite predator Phytoseiulus persimilis in strawberrynb_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber35nb_NO
dc.relation.projectSMARTCROPnb_NO
dc.description.localcodeM-LUNnb_NO


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