caa a22 4500 397571097 CHVBK 20180308164841.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19960401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/ee/25.2.237 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/ee/25.2.237 Response of Mononychellus tanajoa (Acari: Tetranychidae) to Cropping Systems, Cultivars, and Pest Interventions [Elektronische Daten] [Muaka Toko, John S. Yaninek, Robert J. O'Neil] The effects of cropping systems (cassava monocropped and intercropped with maize), pest interventions (spray of acaricide and release of an exotic phytoseiid) and cultivars (‘Agric' and ‘TMS 30572') on the population dynamics of the green mite, Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar), were evaluated in 2 locations (Dogbo and Intemational Institute of Tropical Agriculture) in Benin Republic, West Africa. Maize and cassava were intercropped at the beginning of the wet season. Pest interventions were applied during the dry season with Amblyseius manihoti Moraes (=limonicus s.l.) (Garman & McGregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) released at the beginning of the dry season at both sites and the acaricide dimethoate sprayed bimonthly at Dogbo and once in December at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Intercropping cassava with maize had no significant effect on M. tanajoa and associated phytoseiid predator populations during the intercropping, dry, and postdry seasons. The acaricide spray reduced M. tanajoa densities 50% below those of the predator and the control (no predator and no spray) treatments. A. manihoti reduced M. tanajoa densities 20% below the control treatment by the end of the experiment. Agric supported 2-3 times more mites per leaf than did TMS 30572. A pest management strategy that combines resistant cultivars and an efficient exotic predator is suggested to control M. tanajoa. © 1996 Entomological Society of America Pest Management and Sampling nationallicence cassava nationallicence green mites nationallicence cropping systems nationallicence pest interventions nationallicence cultivars nationallicence phytoseiidac nationallicence Toko Muaka Biological Control Program, IITA Benin Station, B.P. 08-0932, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, West Africa aut Yaninek John S. Biological Control Program, IITA Benin Station, B.P. 08-0932, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, West Africa aut O'Neil Robert J. Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 aut Environmental Entomology Oxford University Press 25/2(1996-04-01), 237-249 0046-225X 25:2<237 1996 25 ee https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/25.2.237 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/25.2.237 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Toko Muaka Biological Control Program, IITA Benin Station, B.P. 08-0932, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, West Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yaninek John S. Biological Control Program, IITA Benin Station, B.P. 08-0932, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, West Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- O'Neil Robert J. Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Entomology Oxford University Press 25/2(1996-04-01), 237-249 0046-225X 25:2<237 1996 25 ee Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford