caa a22 4500 606161538 CHVBK 20210128100635.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10526-015-9688-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10526-015-9688-x Alternative food promotes broad mite control on chilli pepper plants [Elektronische Daten] [Marcus Duarte, Madelaine Venzon, Marilia Bittencourt, Fredy Rodríguez-Cruz, Angelo Pallini, Arne Janssen] Many omnivorous arthropods are important natural enemies because they can feed on plant-provided pollen and several prey species, and thus persist in crops even in the absence of the target pest. Hence, populations of these predators can be established in a crop by providing alternative food, thus increasing biological control. We investigated how alternative food affects broad mite (Polyphagotarsonemus latus) control on chilli pepper plants by predatory mites. The predatory mite Amblyseius herbicolus had high oviposition and population growth rates when fed with cattail pollen, chilli pepper pollen and bee-collected pollen, and a low rate on the alternative prey Tetranychus urticae. Supplementing pepper plants with pollen resulted in better control of broad mite populations. Release of A. herbicolus on young plants with weekly addition of honeybee pollen until plants produce flowers seems a viable strategy to sustain populations of this predator, thus protecting young, vulnerable plants from broad mite infestations. The Author(s), 2015 Biological control nationallicence Pollen nationallicence Spider mites nationallicence Polyphagotarsonemus latus nationallicence Amblyseius herbicolus nationallicence Phytoseiidae nationallicence Duarte Marcus Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil aut Venzon Madelaine Agriculture and Livestock Research Enterprise of Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil aut Bittencourt Marilia Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil aut Rodríguez-Cruz Fredy Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil aut Pallini Angelo Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil aut Janssen Arne IBED, Section Population Biology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut BioControl Springer Netherlands 60/6(2015-12-01), 817-825 1386-6141 60:6<817 2015 60 10526 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-015-9688-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-015-9688-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Duarte Marcus Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Venzon Madelaine Agriculture and Livestock Research Enterprise of Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bittencourt Marilia Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rodríguez-Cruz Fredy Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pallini Angelo Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Janssen Arne IBED, Section Population Biology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- BioControl Springer Netherlands 60/6(2015-12-01), 817-825 1386-6141 60:6<817 2015 60 10526